Foundations laid for UK petroleum tanker driver safety passport The UK Downstrea ...

Foundations laid for UK petroleum tanker driver safety passport The UK Downstream Oil Distribution Forum (DODF), which was re-established in July 2012 to provide an on-going forum for the discussion and resolution of issues relating to health and safety in the downstream oil industry, reports that the foundations have now been laid for a petroleum product tanker driver safety passport. The newly constituted group (representing trade bodies, energy and retail companies, haulage companies, Unite and URTU as well as the HSE and government departments) has now agreed the core of a training standard for all petroleum fuel drivers to operate to. This training standard will be additional to ADR regulatory requirements and specific to the industry sector and to five industry sub sectors (home heat, commercial, aviation, retail and marine). The 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. The passport will be valid for a five-year period, as with the ADR licence, but will be subject to an annual refresher day. Importantly, it includes a written and practical assessment before the passport is issued. The DODF is now looking to appoint a scheme manager and working with terminal operators and owners of petroleum products to ensure that this scheme has maximum take up across the industry.