OPEP Level 3-4 | UKCS Responder Refresher

Why Face-to-Face Matters

Our commitment to excellence extends to the format of this course. Conducted in a face-to-face setting, this training provides a unique opportunity for direct interaction, collaborative learning, and real-time engagement. Through in-person discussions and hands-on activities, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the OPEP and its integral role in dealing with an oil response within the UKCS.

Comprehensive Refresh

This course refreshes OPEP Level 3 and OPEP Level 4 training standards. Through scenario-based learning, we aim to elevate your expertise, ensuring you are well-prepared for any oil spill response challenges you face in the UKCS.

Enrol now to not only renew your OPEP Certification but to enhance your proficiency and readiness in oil spill response through our dynamic and interactive face-to-face training.

This comprehensive refresher training course provides you with revalidation of the OPEP Level 3 and OPEP Level 4 certification.

Refresher training must be completed within 3 months of the original certificate expiry date. Full recertification will be required if a refresher course is not taken within the stated timeframe.

This training course is comprised of a one-day exercise starting from the initial spill notification through to the production of a full spill response strategy which includes both offshore and shoreline spill response elements.

Covering UK legislation, this course refreshes your knowledge on the statutory reporting requirements, ensuring you understand which relevant UK government agencies you may require to have ongoing communications with, as well as refreshing your understanding the role of the Secretary of State’s Representative (SOSREP) and the functions of the Operations Control Unit (OCU).

As an essential refresher course to allow your continued operation in the role of Environmental Advisor during an oil spill response with the UKCS, you will learn and experience the following:

Notifications and spill reporting requirements
Role of the SOSREP and OCU in the UK response structure
Causes and fates of marine oil spills
Quantification of an oil spill
Surveillance, modelling and tracking
Applicable spill response techniques
Communicating with the media
Waste management
Spill termination and demobilisation of resources.

During this course, you will cover the following topics:

Spill reporting to relevant UK government agencies
Causes and fates of marine oil spills
Surveillance, tracking, and quantification of an oil spill
Offshore spill response options
Tabletop exercise scenario
Shoreline response
Waste management
Spill termination

Course reviews

Fiona and Rhea were great and communicated the course materials clearly. It is very hard to run a course remotely. The ladies did a great job in creating an interactive virtual classroom makes learning so much easier and fun in the process. Thanks!

OPEP Refresher Delegate