The Advanced Responder Training Course–The perspective of a new starter to the industry during their initial three months training

Abstract

Abstract A requirement of the oil spill response industry is its ability to develop highly trained staff international backgrounds who have a holistic understanding of response techniques and who all meet a standard baseline of competency to provide an international response when required. As a solution to this Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) has developed the thirteen-week Advanced Responder training course aims to bring delegates from member companies and new starters from all OSRL's bases and train them to a required standard. OSRL is unique in the people it attracts to undertake the role of a responder as these are sourced from a variety of backgrounds, however these skillsets are unlikely to cover the entirety of the skills required for a competent responder. The course gives the delegates an opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of response techniques and provides an opportunity for new starters to share their previous experience and apply them to the new role. The advanced responder training course has a pinnacle benchmark that is assessed using an Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation (OPITO) Approved Competence Management System (ACMS) that is used to verify at what point an individual is competent to perform the tasks required of them to an agreed global standard. The purpose of this poster is not to advertise OSRL as a company or the specific course, but provide an oversight of the training and its benefit to the industry