COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt in the class will be applied using oil spill management and response simulator.

The International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, 1990 (OPRC) calls for the International Maritime Organization, along with relevant international and regional organisations, oil and shipping industries, to develop a comprehensive training programme in the field of oil pollution preparedness and response including the availability of expertise for the development and implementation of training programmes. In this regard, it was decided to develop three model training courses aimed at the following:-s Level one: First Responders Level two: Supervisors and On-Scene Commanders Level three: Administrators and Senior Managers The Level Two course (Response to Marine Oil Spills Course for Supervisors and On-Scene Commanders) is designed to be conducted either as an intensive one week course or in modular fashion. The Level Three course (Response to Marine Oil Spills Seminar for Administrators/Senior Managers) is designed to be conducted as an intensive two day seminar.

This course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive knowledge and skills required by IMO to certify them as Level-2 and Level-3 in Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC). It covers the oil spill response and the causes, fate and effects of spilled oil; the contingency planning, response management and organization; the regulatory and legal aspects/requirements; the marine spill response strategies; the international co-operation and the legal framework; the liability and compensation; the roles and responsibilities in spill management; and the sensitivity mapping and the behavior and fate of an oil spills. 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the environmental and economic impact of oil spills; the assessment and quantifications; the medical aspects and hazard identification; the spill response objectives and policy issues; the operation planning, containment, protection and recovery of oil; the shoreline clean up, site safety, waste management and trajectory management; the national/international cooperation and volunteers; the incident command, control and management; handling claims and legal aspects; participating in media press management and info sharing to community; information gathering and records keeping; liability and compensation; and the termination and post-incident debriefing.