IMO Model Courses on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation

Objectives:

• ✓Understand the fate and behaviour of oil when released into the marine environment and consider the impact of oil spills.
• ✓Introduce the work being carried out by the international community to reduce or prevent oil spills, and how such incidents are best prepared for and responded to.
• ✓Introduce the range of oil spill response options and techniques available to response managers and responders, including the common challenges that may be faced during a response operation.

Objectives:

• ✓Understand existing at-sea response techniques used to respond to an oil spill.
• ✓Understand the advantages, disadvantages and logistical requirements of each response technique.
• ✓Understand support issues including waste management and post-response operations.

Objectives:

• ✓Select the appropriate response tactics by weighing advantages and disadvantages of each technique.
• ✓Translate incident response strategy into tactical instructions and exercise command and control.
• ✓Address health & safety, logistics, decontamination, waste management and disposal.
• ✓Understand the termination process of a response and post-incident operations and administration.

Objectives:

• ✓Understand the key technical aspects of oil spill responses to implement an efficient National or Regional Contingency Plan.
• ✓Understand management issues faced during implementation of a national/regional contingency plan or during an oil spill response — including roles, responsibilities and incident management.
• ✓Understand communication requirements during oil spill response activities.
• ✓Understand international liability and compensation mechanisms for damages resulting from an oil spill from a ship.