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Course in oil spill
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The Coast Guard has
joined hands with a maritime university to offer an international level
course focusing on oil spill assessment and shoreline clean-up exercise to
train officials in tackling such disasters. The Coast Guard and the private
AMET University recently entered into an agreement to offer the
International Maritime Organisation Level-II Oil Pollution Preparedness
Response and Co-operation (OPRC) programme for senior and middle level
managers of oil firms and ports.
“The five-day OPRC Level-II course
which commenced this month is the first of its kind or initiative in the
country”, Inspector General A. Rajasekhar, Commander, Coast Guard Region (East),
said. The course offers intensive training sessions conforming to the IMO
guidelines and would cover oil spill assessment, combat techniques, planning
waste management, legislation compensations and applicable claims, and shoreline
cleanup exercises, he said.
AMET University vice-chancellor
Capt. S. Bhardwaj said in case of any emergency of an oil pollution, these
trained people would become “on-scene commanders” and would coordinate with
Coast Guard and other relevant agencies to tackle the situation. The entry
requirement for the course is that the personnel nominated should be at least a
middle-level manager, who has sufficient experience in Pollution Response
Operations
- PTI / The Hindu
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