• Was established in Established in 1993 as a non profit skills centre with a board that represent a cross section of the transport industry.
• We provide a range of programs such as :
• DG Emergency Response Training
• Full Range of Heavy Vehicle Licence Training – LR, MR, HR HC and MC
• Dangerous Goods Licensing and AIP
• Fatigue Management
• OH&S
• VLC
• Forklift
• LV and HV Defensive Driving
• Also light vehicle programs for AFP, DEFAT, AUSAID, UN, DEFENCE etc

• Situated on 63 hectares of ACT land on the Sutton Road, near
Queanbeyan NSW.
The complex includes a number of facilities such as:
• Fully equipped air conditioned function centre for corporate events
• 6 Fully equipped air conditioned classrooms (capacity 20 students)
• 2.5km bitumen circuit with varying surfaces
• Manoeuvring areas - bitumen and gravel
• Self-watering skid pan
• Purpose built Four Wheel Drive track.

• Hosted fuel industry “ roll-over ” tanker training on numerous occasions
• Nov 2008 – In conjunction with CROIERG Developed
“ Course in Fuel Transportation Emergency Planning
& Response ” for company response managers
– financial support from oil companies and fuel transporters
– Last Year, Recovery operations course came on line

Currently there are 2 courses within the program delivered by the Transport
Industries Skills Centre. (TISC) Both courses are formally assessed against nationally endorsed competencies.
• Course1 (Course in Fuel Transportation Emergency Planning & Response) deals with emergency response management from the managers point of view. This may be someone who is located in a transport depot and has responsibility for managing the overall response on behalf of the company.
This is a 3 day course and deals with high level theoretical concepts.
Course 2 (Dangerous Goods Road Transport Emergency Recovery Operations) is concerned with managing the response at the emergency site and involves different theoretical and practical skill sets. This is a 3 day course.
• This does not exclude however the person who is responsible for the management of the response on behalf of the company being the same person who attends and manages the emergency site.

• Participant Workbook
– technical content
– learning activities
– detail in appendices eg TERP and exercises
• Facilitator Guide
– Session plans
– PowerPoint
– Consistent delivery across national providers
• Accreditation application
– Need
– quality assurance.

• Purpose built facilities (real life emergency site for responder course)
• On site simulated roll over Tanker specifically designed for the
Training and Assessment Task
• Auxiliary Training Tanker for pumping etc
• Small roll over Tanker for Practical demonstrations
• Examples of latest cutaway valves, Hatches etc supplied by
Liquip
• Equipment ie Spill Trailers, PPE, BA, Booms, Clean up gear etc supplied by CROIERG and Transpacific
• Industry experts on hand

• Customisation of both courses for other categories of DG through consultation with
NBTA.
• Both courses are now more generic in relation to all forms of DG.

• Pre course requirements
• 3 days of Training
• Post course requirements
• Assessed against national standards
• Formal Qualification

Fuel Transportation Emergency Planning and Response
This course is a nationally recognised course (National Accreditation Code:
80881ACT) and is based on the following competencies:
• PUAWER011B: Manage workplace emergency response teams; and
• PMAOMIR430B: Conduct and assess incident exercises.

Topics within Course 1
Section 1: introduction and outline of the course
Section 2: the nature of petroleum fuel road transport emergency incidents
Section 3: accessing dangerous goods information during emergency incidents
Section 4: hazmat plans and emergency response arrangements
Section 5: incident management principles and systems
Section 6: converting information into intelligence and effective action
Section 7: the emergency planning process
Section 8: documenting a transportation emergency response plan (TERP)
Section 9: developing and conducting emergency exercises
Section 10: training your staff and contractors about TERPs

In Summary
• Targets Emergency Response Managers
• During the program Participants come to grips with how HAZMAT emergencies are managed; the kinds of tasks that company personnel may undertake during an emergency incident; and how to prepare/review and exercise a transport emergency response plan (TERP).
• This course is currently run at The Transport Industries Skill Centre’s purpose built facility Located on Sutton Rd ACT, near Queanbeyan
NSW or alternatively the course can be run at any location

Course 2
Dangerous Goods Road Transport Emergency Recovery Operations
This course is a nationally accredited course (National Accreditation Code:
80881ACT) and is based on the following competencies:
• TISC4001A Plan initial company response to a dangerous goods road transport emergency
• TISC4002A Conduct recovery operations at a dangerous goods road transport emergency site
• TISC4003A Complete initial clean up and recovery operations at a dangerous goods road transport emergency site.

TOPICS within Course 2
Introduction and outline of the course
Part a: Being prepared for emergencies
Section 1: accidents do happen!
Section 2: understanding your company ’ s transportation emergency response plan
(terp)
Section 3: providing information about company vehicles during emergency incidents
Section 4: providing information about dangerous goods during emergency incidents
Section 5: understanding your role during an emergency incident
Part b: Conducting response and recovery operations
Section 6: planning the company ’ s initial response
Section 7: conducting recovery operations at the site
Section 8: conducting the initial clean up

In summary, the aim of this course is to provide
Emergency Response Advisers and Response Team
Leaders in the road transport industry with the knowledge and skills to:
• plan their company’s initial response and recovery operations for a road transport emergency
• conduct recovery operations at the site
• complete the initial clean up and recovery operations at the site.
The program is adapted to include all forms of DG product.

• Legal requirement to have a TERP ( part 14.2.2 DG regulations)
• TERP applied by competent staff & tested (preparedness)
• Supported by training.
• Develop protocols (maybe ID card) for access to emergency sites by Emergency Services.
• Current consultation with Emergency Service Agencies lead by
NBTA.
• NBTA will book courses
• Program needs to be supported by the industry generally.