Oil Spill Response Strategies & Tactics Training

Confidence comes from knowing response personnel can handle just about anything that happens during a spill. The Oil Spill Strategies and Tactics course is designed to assist oil spill personnel with developing the decision-making skills necessary to make quick and informed decisions during oil spill incidents. and provide hands-on spill response equipment handling and oil recovery training using full-scale equipment with real oil on the Ohmsett test tank.

 

Classroom instruction involves a detailed review of oil spill fundamentals and the actual implementation of theories during a spill response. Through outside exercises on the Ohmsett tank, students deploy and operate boom and skimmers to contain and recover the oil.

 

Lowering equipment into Ohmsett tank

Training equpment in the Ohmsett tank

This three-day training covers topics such as:

 

  • Fates & effects of spilled oil
  • Oil skimmer & containment boom selection & use
  • Booming & recovery strategies
  • Factors affecting oil spill movement
  • Site safety planning
  • Incident Command System (ICS)
  • Dispersants
  • River & tidal inlets strategies
  • Alternative response techniques

The program incorporates over eight hours of safety topics (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120) relative to emergency responders involved in an oil spill incident. It is a field-oriented course and is presented in non-technical language. A reference text complimented by other appropriate materials including the ICS and IMH forms, are provided during the course.

 

Instruction is provided by Texas A&M University National Spill Control School (NSCS). Ohmsett staff provides professional training services to support the hands-on portion of the training.

 

For more information on the Oil Spill Strategies and Tactics Training, contact:

 

Texas A&M National Spill Control School

Keith Muhlestein

keith.muhlestein@tamucc.edu

Phone: 361-825-3335