Oil Spills (IMO): Level 1- First Respond

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

City: Kuala Lumpur

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Jan-13-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-14-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-14-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-13-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

Dates in Other Venues

  • Jan-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Jan-13-2025

    Istanbul

  • Jan-13-2025

    Paris

  • Jan-13-2025

    Singapore

  • Jan-13-2025

    Barcelona

  • Jan-13-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Feb-10-2025

    London

  • Mar-03-2025

    Dubai

  • Apr-14-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-14-2025

    London

  • Apr-14-2025

    Paris

  • Apr-14-2025

    Istanbul

  • Apr-14-2025

    Singapore

  • Apr-14-2025

    Barcelona

  • May-12-2025

    Dubai

  • June-02-2025

    London

  • July-14-2025

    Barcelona

  • July-14-2025

    Istanbul

  • July-14-2025

    Amsterdam

  • July-14-2025

    Paris

  • July-14-2025

    Dubai

  • July-14-2025

    Singapore

  • Aug-11-2025

    London

  • Sep-01-2025

    Dubai

  • Oct-13-2025

    Barcelona

  • Oct-13-2025

    London

  • Oct-13-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-13-2025

    Paris

  • Oct-13-2025

    Singapore

  • Oct-13-2025

    Istanbul

  • Nov-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Dec-01-2025

    London

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Introduction to Oil Spills

  • Defining oil spills and key related terms
  • Identifying the sources of oil spills
  • Exploring the properties, behavior and fate of oil spills
  • Distinguishing between the properties of different oil types
  • Discussing the impact of oil spills
  • Discussing environmental concerns in spill response
  • Exploring health and safety regulations and standards related to oil spills

Response Strategies to Oil Spills

  • Overview of the response strategies to oil spills

  •         Monitoring and evaluation
  •         Containment and recovery
  •         Shoreline cleanup

  • Techniques for developing contingency plan for effective spill response
  • Understanding the structure of the incident response organization
  • Understand how to activate and mobilize the response teams and organization

Monitoring & Evaluating Oil Spills

  • Techniques for assessing the risk of oil spills
  • Exploring oil spills equipment for surveillance and tracking
  • Strategies for predicting oil movement
  • Strategies for quantify spillage size and volume
  • Site Safety assessment and briefing techniques

Oil Spills Containment & Recovery

  • Exploring types of containment booms and how they work
  • Discussing how to select the appropriate containment booms
  • Overview of oil spill recovery equipment
  • Exploring types of oil skimmers and how to utilize them
  • Understanding how dispersants are used for oil spills
  • Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of dispersants
  • Discovering absorbing materials used to absorb oil during spill response

Oil Spills Shoreline & Post-Incident Management

  • Techniques for shoreline cleanup oil spills
  • Exploring cleaning, maintenance and storage equipment
  • Understanding the procedures for safety storing and transportation of recovered oil
  • Discussing strategies for storage and disposal of recovered oil and waste
  • Understanding the procedures for oil sampling and documentation
  • Discussing the techniques of cost recovery
  • Tips for managing media and public awareness
  • Course recap & evaluation