The program consists of a five-day theoretical training session. In the present times, oil spills have devastating impacts on the marine and coastal environment, ecosystems, as well as the communities that rely on them for sustenance, employment, and economic activities. This course focuses on providing participants with an understanding of the catastrophic incidents involving oil spills that have occurred globally.

Course Objectives:

On completion of this course participants should be able to:

Know everything about an oil spill (e. g. definition, sources, detection, monitoring etc….)
Know different oil spill sources
Understand and how to evaluate risk assessment of oil spill
How to manage oil spill
Understand the principles of response management of major oil spill incidents
Understand the environmental impacts of oil spill
Learn the different equipment’s characteristics, which used in striving of the oil spills
How to clean up of shoreline

Who Should Attend?

This course is suitable for personnel involved in oil spill management, administrators, and senior
Managers, supervisors and those involved in crisis management and emergency response planning where oil spill represent a high risk, and personnel responsible for the development of oil spill contingency plans.

Course Outlines:

The course will cover the following topics in oil spill management:

Oil spill management: introduction, definition, detection and monitoring
International law relating to oil pollution
Oil spill contingency planning
Oil spill response- operational management
Oil spill response- tactical operations and equipment’s (theoretical)
Oil spill evaluation
Management of major spill incidents (MOMSI)
Case histories
Shoreline cleanup assessment team

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