Important Notice: Fort Lauderdale Base Closure

Due to the pending landfall of Hurricane Milton in the area of Florida in the United States, OSRL is transferring response operational control for the Americas Region to OSRL's Southampton base at 4:00 PM EST 7 October 2024. OSRL remains response ready on a global basis.

 

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    +65 6266 1566

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    +1 954 983 9880

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  • Response

TPR Seminar Series - Part Eight: Shoreline Clean-up Assessment Technique (SCAT)

This eighth session sees Technical Lead , Dr. Rob Holland, discuss Shoreline Clean-up Assessment Techniques (SCAT) for oil spill response.

  • By Rob Holland
  • Oct 5, 2022

TPR Seminar Series - Part Eight: Shoreline Clean-up Assessment Technique (SCAT)

Tiered Preparedness and Response (TPR) is an internationally recognised planning approach that enables the integration of local, regional and global capabilities into oil spill response planning. 

In the eighth of this 16 part seminar series, Technical Lead, Dr. Rob Holland, discusses Shoreline Clean-up Assessment Techniques for oil spill response.

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Rob Holland

Rob holds BSc and PhD qualifications in Marine Biology and has over 30 years’ experience ranging from academic research, teaching, consultancy and the last 20 years in the oil spill response industry. Rob has worked at OSRL since 2003 and has delivered a wide range of spill response preparedness projects for OSRL members globally including oil spill response plans, capability reviews, exercises, training, spill support and secondments. 

 

Rob currently sits in OSRL's global Technical Department and is responsible for the development of new and novel techniques and approaches to spill response which includes the application of marine autonomous systems. He is also responsible for OSRL's outreach to the scientific research and academic community to ensure oil spill response good practice is shared.

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