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Chris Hunt, Director General of UKPIA, which represents the nine main oil refini ...

Chris Hunt, Director General of UKPIA, which represents the nine main oil refining and marketing companies in the UK, and Chair of the UK Downstream Oil Distribution Forum (DODF), recently launched a new standard for road tanker drivers delivering petroleum products. Developed by Cogent Sector Skills Council and Skills for Logistics, the new Common Road Tanker Driver Induction Standard (CRTDiS) establishes a common minimum induction standard for tanker drivers transporting a wide range of petroleum products. Chris Hunt commented: ‘This is a welcome new standard combining many of the existing best practices in the industry… [It] will cover the handling and transportation of products as diverse as petrol through to bitumen, all of which present a range hazards that need to be managed by the application of training in good operational procedures and safety awareness.’ The national standard encompasses a flexible new skills framework that can be adapted to suit large and small hauliers. It focuses on three main stages: · loading operations, · transportation of petroleum products, and · offloading operations. The emphasis is on safety awareness and the need for personal responsibility for drivers’ own safety and those around them during these three operational phases.
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