Description
Course Length: 5 days
Course Description
This course covers Oil Spill Response and Control Programs in the Oil & Gas Sector. It is an intense classroom-only course that teaches a system of pre-spill readiness, spill response drills; Incident Command System (ICS); and post-spill reaction planning, strategy, and tactics The course covers a technical aspects-overview of oil spill response equipment; the behavior of oil in the environment; and spill trajectory and tracking modeling. The course is designed to teach oil-spill crisis communications considerations
Who should Attend
- Managers and administrators who have responsibility for ensuring effective command and control of an oil spill response effort
- Senior officials from government agencies involved in oil spill response (environment, coast guard, navy, army, finance, etc.)
- Senior managers and administrators who have overall responsibility for crisis management in oil spill response
- Staff who would be responsible for liaising with external agencies at a corporate level
What you will Learn
- Understand what constitutes an effective response organization
- Understand the consequences of oil spills
- Interpret key issues in relation to liability for claims and compensation
- Understand the operational limitations of response strategies employed during oil spill incidents
- Understand the roles and interfaces between Government agencies and the industry
- Understand the legal framework and international conventions
- Identify response options and resource requirements
- Terminate a response
- Know the importance of an Oil Spill Contingency Plan
- Protect your people in an oil spill response
- Perform the role of Incident Commander
Course Outline
This course teaches a system of pre-spill readiness, spill response drills; Incident Command System (ICS); and post-spill reaction planning, strategy, and tactics. The course covers a technical aspects-overview of oil spill response equipment; the behavior of oil in the environment; and spill trajectory and tracking modeling.
