Spill Response Training

Aims & Objectives

Your spill responders are among your most valuable assets in protecting your site and the environment from pollution incidents. Having spill kits and equipment is important, but knowing how to use them is essential.

This course ensures key staff understand their responsibility for site safety, spill control and environmental protection. It provides familiarity with your emergency plan, drainage systems, and spill prevention and clean-up products and techniques, reducing the likelihood of a pollution incident and the costs associated with spill clean-up.

Investment in spill training supports ISO 14001 and Investors in People, helps meet regulations including the Pollution Prevention Guidelines (PPG21) and the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH), and forms part of your Pollution Incident Response Plan.

Suitability

Spill responders, environmental officers and key staff responsible for site safety, spill control and environmental protection. Courses can be tailored to your own site-specific requirements.

Requirements

No prior experience is required. All consumable items and training handouts are provided. Courses can be tailored to your site's own requirements.

Syllabus

Understanding Spills & Safety

• The physical make-up of absorbents and their suitability
• Personal safety and PPE
• Practical use of personal risk assessment
• Storage and handling awareness

Containment & Clean-Up

• Containment and clean-up techniques
• Drain sealing techniques
• Disposal
• Replenishment of spill kits

Legislation & Planning

• Relevant legislation and duty of care
• Regulators and the consequences of pollution
• Site contingency planning
• Reporting

Practical

• Spill exercise
• De-briefing

Notes

All consumable items and training handouts are provided. Comprehensive notes will be given to all students who attend the course.

Certification

On satisfactory completion of the course a certificate of competence will be issued that will be valid for three years.