Designed for all managers/supervisors who will lead or supervise oil spill response teams and those with support responsibilities within an incident command or emergency team.

Delegates will gain an understanding of the safe and efficient response to oil spills, be able to undertake initial assessments of spill risk, initiate a suitable response, identify priorities for protection, chose the correct response options, identify the limitations of response options and equipment and understand the needs of the media.

• Causes and fate of oil spills
• Environmental issues
• Contingency planning and Health and Safety aspects
• Oil Spill management and response
• Use of detergents
• Containment recovery and protection
• Shoreline clean-up
• Waste handling and disposal
• Terminating response
• Post response operations
• Media handling
• Practical exercises and demonstrations
• Theoretical exercises

Whilst not compulsory, participants are encouraged to take the IMO Level 1 course before attending.