Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC)

Contact details

Mr Ivan Skibinski		Tel : 03 5272 1555
Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre		Fax: 03 5272 1839
PO Box 305		Mobile 0418 398 363
NORTH SHORE		E-mail: iskibinski@amosc.com.au
VIC 3214

Key Competencies

Managing major oil spills in the marine environment;
Providing oil spill management training
Managing/deploying oil spill equipment stockpile

Courses
Training workshops:

Oil spill management
Oil spill response
Oil spill operators
Shoreline cleanup.

Training provided on site (Geelong)

Activities

Inter Oil, a member of AMOSC recently completed the construction and commissioning of a small refinery/shipping terminal adjacent to Port Moresby. AMOSC assisted in the development of contingency plan, selection of equipment and the training of personnel. Two levels of course were conducted; the first being Management of spills. This course was aimed at ensuring that management were familiar with the facility contingency plan and the strategies for response. The second level of course focussed at the operator level provided guidance in the deployment and recovery of the hardware.

A series of Manager and Operator training workshops were conducted during 2004 for industry clients, Shell, Mobil and BP at various locations around Fiji.

Manager/Operator workshops will be held at the AMOSC, Geelong facility in 2005 for a team from the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) organisation. This training has been provided annually for some years.

AMOSC recently reached agreement with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and the various state authorities to develop a Competency Based system for Oil Response Training, which will be recognised within the Australian National Training Association (ANTA) framework.

Specialised Equipment