For most people, dealing with an oil spill is not their day-to-day job and if these learnt skills are not tested on a regular basis there will be the inevitable skill fade.
Industry best practice suggests that refreshing knowledge should be undertaken within three years to maintain a degree of competency. Being personally prepared for an incident will help to induce a level of proficiency into the response.
This is an IMO Level 1-3 standard course certified by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). See our Standards page for more information.
Is this course for me?
- All delegates wishing to retain their existing training certification (certification is only valid for 36 months).
- Any person in an oil pollution related role who would benefit from a knowledge-building refresher (if their current certificate is valid).
- Delegates who attended an oil spill training course in 2019 will need to attend this course - MCA certifications are valid for up to 3 years.
This course refreshes the following certificates:
- MCA Level 5/5P, (IMO Level 3 equivalent)
- MCA 4/4P, (IMO Level 2 equivalent)
- MCA Level 3/3P, (IMO Level 1 equivalent)
What will I learn?
- Existing legislation
- Response techniques and principles
- Specific areas of concern
- New topics that need to be covered
Course programme
- Introduction
- Table-top exercise
- MCA and UK contingency plan updates and requirements (UK course)
- Debrief, assessment and feedback
