Course Aim

To provide delegates with a broad knowledge of oil spill response activities allowing them to undertake a site supervisor role or to perform functions in tactical teams within Incident Command Systems, including On-Scene Commander.

Clearance Course - Competence Based Training
With twenty years of successfully training the oil and gas industry, the Oil Spill Clearance Course has become the flagship course for Oil Spill Response and remains the global benchmark for oil spill training. In these twenty years, the programme has undergone revisions, modifications and a natural evolution, but has now emerged from a period of intensive overhaul, review and modification for 2008. The core values will, of course, remain the same but with more emphasis
on hands-on practical training and response tactics.

The mode of delivery has shifted to a more functional approach using Competence Based Training, whereby delegates learn, apply and remember through syndicate exercises and practical training.

The wide range of topics covered delivers a valuable learning experience for delegates from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to equip them with a solid foundation in oil spill matters. The skills and knowledge acquired should make participants of this course an extremely valuable addition to any oil spill team.

Completely new for 2008
Delegates now have the chance to be awarded with a certificate of competence by choosing the assessment option. Delegates who choose the assessment option will be continually observed and assessed on practical and table-top exercises. The delegate will be measured against an Oil Spill Response occupational standard for On-Scene Commanders under the Oil Spill Response OPITO approved Competence Management System. Candidates that pass the assessment will be awarded an OPITO approved certificate of competence.

Who Should Attend?

• Staff with responsibilities within
  the incident command team with
  a focus on tactical operations,
  logistics, safety or environmental
  support
• Managers or Supervisors who
  will lead or supervise tactical
  response teams
• Those who may be part of a
  general emergency team that
  would have to support an oil spill
  response effort, but currently
  inexperienced in oil spill response

Topics Covered

• This course includes 3 practical
  exercises
• Causes and fate of spills
• Environmental issues
• Contingency planning & the use
  of IT
• Health and safety
• Oil Spill Response capability
• Dispersants
• Containment and recovery
• Protection
• Shoreline clean-up
• Waste handling
• Practical management
• Introduction to inland spills
• Dealing with the media
• Government organisations

Learning Outcomes

• The ability to understand and
  interpret basic oil characteristics
  and how this can shape the entire
  response
• The ability to oversee and ensure
  safe operations
• Essential oil spill quantification,
  tracking and assessment skills for
  determining the potential impact
  and fate of an oil spill
• Understanding of the sensitive
  resources that can be threatened
  during a spill and how to prioritise
  these for protection
• Recognise the variety and
  applicability of response
  options, including containment,
  protection, recovery and chemical
  dispersants to realistically build a
  response strategy
• The essential importance of
  waste management aspect of
  any comprehensive system of
  response
• An awareness of the practical
  skills and limitations of deploying
  equipment in challenging
  environments
• Essential media management
  skills to understand media issues
  both for the organisation and
  individual