Foundations laid for petroleum tanker driver safety passport 17 January 2013

A training standard has now been agreed that lays the foundation for a petroleum fuel drivers' safety passport.

The standard will be additional to ADR and specific to the industry sector and to five industry sub sectors – home heat, commercial, aviation, retail and marine.

It follows the formation of the UK Downstream Oil Distribution Forum (DODF) last July (2012), and has taken in views from trade bodies, energy and retail companies, haulage companies, Unite and URTU, as well as the HSE and government.

Brian Worrall, DODF independent chair, explains that content will be delivered through a combination of accredited in-house or third party training providers, and will result in the issue of a safety passport for the driver, valid for five years.

"The first quarter of 2013 will see us put in place the foundations that will enable a successful launch later in the year," states Worrall.

"We plan to communicate widely across all parts of the industry as we get near that point."

"The DODF training standard will build on the good practice that already exists in many parts of the industry," adds Colin Rutherford, general manager of Turners, commenting on behalf of haulage companies.

"The combination of an industry wide training standard with written and practical assessment will guarantee that all drivers have been trained to a consistently high standard," he continues.

"We envisage the proposed annual refresher day will also count as driver CPC training and are working to ensure that is the case."

DODF – which has representatives from most of the majors, including UK Petroleum Industry Association, Freight Transport Association, Road Haulage Association, Norbert Dentressangle, Wincanton, DHL, Suckling, Turners and GB Oils – is now looking to appoint a scheme manager, and is working with terminal operators and owners of petroleum products to ensure that the scheme gets maximum take up.

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Brian Tinham

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