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This training course is essential for those undertaking the role of an Environmental Advisor during an oil spill response in UKCS waters, providing you with the required UK training standard. This course is BEIS-accredited and is the minimum requirement for anyone fulfilling the aforementioned role.
This course accreditation is valid for 3 years*
*Refresher training (UKCS Responder Refresher (OPEP Levels 3 & 4)) must be completed within 3 months of certificate expiry. Full recertification will be required if a refresher course is not taken within the stated timeframe.
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Throughout this interactive course, you will receive a comprehensive overview of oil spill response, taking guidance from the OPEP. You will explore oil behaviours in the environment along with applicable spill response techniques. Covering UK legislation, this course outlines the statutory reporting requirements, ensuring you understand which relevant UK government agencies you may require to have ongoing communications with, as well as understanding the role of the Secretary of State’s Representative (SOSREP) and the functions of the Operations Control Unit (OCU).
As an essential training course for operating in the UKCS, you will learn and experience the following:
- Assessing the situation and activating the Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (OPEP)
- Developing a spill response strategy
- Establishment and organisation of a response structure
- Activation of spill response operations
- Management and control of an ongoing spill response
- Assisting in the decisions to deactivate a response.
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During this course, you will cover the following topics:
- UK Legislation and agreements
- Oil Pollution Emergency Plans (OPEPs)
- Causes and fates of marine oil spills
- Environmental and economic impacts
- Surveillance, modelling, and visualisation
- Chemical dispersants
- Offshore containment and recovery
- Recovery devices
- Shoreline response
- Hazards to responders
- Waste management
- Media relations
- Termination of a spill response
- Table-top exercise and debrief
Course reviews
Good mix of presentations and exercises. Course content very informative, all modules have necessary perspective for the required content.
Really helped clarify the structure and response expectations of a UK oil spill. It made me much more confident in understanding how the various parts work together
Excellent delivery and use of practical examples. The course made what is a complex topic much easier to understand.
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