Start Date
08/05/2024
Course Aims
To allow delegates to recognise hazards, utilise control measures and safe working practices and maintain a safe working environment, concentrating on risks specifically found with working on a Petrol Filling Station.
On course completion delegates will:
- Demonstrate their understanding of the subjects by successfully completing each module assessment paper
- Appreciate how they personally can influence good standards within Health and Safety and the Environment
- Understand the value of risk assessment and have the knowledge to recognise when changes to a generic assessment is required
- Understand the common hazards associated with working in this sector
Who Attends
The SPA Safety Passport is a requirement for all contractors undertaking work on petrol filling stations.
If you’ve previously attended an SPA approved Health & Safety course, you can apply for the DAY 1 exemption.
At present the SPA passport scheme recognises that delegates who have completed and passed the following training courses and have 3 months* or more remaining on their evidence of exemption do not need to attend the SPA passport scheme Core training day (Day 1):
- IOSH Working Safely
- CCNSG Passport to Safety
- IOSH Managing Safely
- IOSH Supervising Safely
- NEBOSH Certificate
- CITB Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)
- FÁS Safe Pass
- ADT H&S module
- NEBOSH Diploma
- CITB Site Supervisors Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)
- CITB - Site Safety for Shopfitters and Interior Contractors
*For those without an expiry date they must have been obtained within the last 3 years.
If you qualify for Core Day Exemption, you only need to attend (DAY 2 - Petrol Retail). You must provide evidence of exemption (i.e. copy course certificate) prior to booking or attending the course.
Course Content
Day 1 (SPA Core)
- Organising for Safety
- The Workplace
- Tools, Plant and Machinery
- Health
- Procedures
- The Environment
Day 2 (SPA Petrol Retail)
- Types of hazards
- Fuel hazards
- Fuel properties
- DSEAR
- Restricted areas on a petrol forecourt
- Hazardous areas
- Zone classification
- Delivery hazards
- Vapour recovery
- Customer hazards
- Other hazards
- Contractor hazards
Controlling Work on a Forecourt:
- Communication
- Documentation
- Safety method statements
- Clearance certificates
- Permits to work
- Task classification
Qualifications Obtained
Delegates successfully completing the course will receive a SPA Safety Passport photo ID card which is valid for three years.
Entry Requirements
Pre-Requisites: The minimum entry requirement is a good understanding of spoken and written English
Additional Information
*PLEASE NOTE* all online bookings are provisional until confirmed with you by our training team.
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