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Written By: Doug Ruhlin | Feb 22, 2013
Time to Read 5 Minutes
Last week I did a 5-year review for a client's SPCC plans. Everything looked great. The site hasn't changed, no spills, great monthly inspections. There were some new personnel on-site who needed to be added to the plan, but other than that it was a breeze!
Except... they weren't doing annual SPCC training at all! The new head honcho decided that training once, 5 years ago, was all his employees needed. I asked him what he did for new employees. They did nothing. He said "I don't have time to train my staff. Besides, this stuff is all common sense."
Not only is that the wrong attitude to take when it comes to keeping your staff safe, and your facility free from mishaps due to neglect, it could get you in trouble. No, this stuff is not always common sense, and yes, you need to be conducting annual SPCC training at your operation.
It's vital to keep your staff knowledgeable of what happens in an emergency, how to react, who they call, what to do, and keeps them safe. Yes, it may be common sense to some, but it's not a guarantee. It's also absolutely required to happen at least once annually, and not conducting training will get you some hefty violations from the USEPA.
Just having an SPCC Plan is not enough. You need to conduct annual SPCC training.
You may, just like this new guy, be wondering "why":
We get asked A LOT of questions about SPCC plans. And chances are, if someone's asking a question, there are lots of other people out there who are looking for the answer too. That's why we've gone ahead and cleared the air on the most common SPCC questions we get asked - so you don't have to do any more digging for answers!
Here's the best way of looking at it: without any SPCC training, having an SPCC plan is just having another book on your shelf in the office. Meaning, it's kind of useless. It's not an effective tool to help minimize emergencies.
So if you're not conducting annual training, start now. Do it next week.
If you are conducting annual training, is it working? Is it enough? Is your training adequate to keep your employees educated? Test your staff and find out.
Bottom line is get into compliance, keep your staff educated and safe, and steer clear of any potential disasters, and start with at least annual SPCC training.
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Tags: SPCC Plans, Environmental Compliance, SPCC Training, Environmental Speaking & Training
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