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Equipment and Training

National Plan Equipment Procurement

During the 2006-2007 financial year four curtain-sided shipping containers were purchased for conversion into storage and transport containers for Rolands Ro boom.

Two of the storage and transport containers are located at the Fremantle Tier 3 National Plan regional stockpile with the remaining two located at the Dampier Tier 3 regional stockpile.

During the 2006-2007 financial year four Marco oil recovery vessels underwent half-life refits. Marcos from the following locations were involved:

Fremantle - Delta
Sydney - Bravo
Melbourne - Charleie
Brisbane - Alpha

National Plan Equipment Audits

Audits of National Plan equipment were undertaken at the following locations:

Townsville Tier 3 Stockpile – September 2006
Cairns – September 2006
Dampier Tier 3 Stockpile – November 2006
Fremantle Tier 3 Stockpile – November 2006
Sydney Tier 3 Stockpile – January 2007
Darwin Tier 3 Stockpile – May 2007
Brisbane Tier 3 Stockpile – June 2007
Port of Brisbane – June 2007

Also conducted during the reporting period were audits of Fixed Wing Aerial Dispersant Capability aircraft. These were undertaken at the following locations:

Emerald QLD - August 2006
St George QLD - October 2006
Moree NSW - October 2006
Adelaide SA - March 2007
Moree NSW - May 2007
St George QLD - May 2007
Emerald QLD - May 2007
Ballidu WA - May 2007
Adelaide SA - June 2007 (unannounced audit)
Ballarat VIC - June 2007

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Training

The National Plan training program for 2006-2007 included the following AMSA run courses and workshops:

Course	Location	Date	Number of Participants
Fixed Wing Aerial Dispersant Loading	Darwin NT	July 2006	14
Fixed Wing Aerial Dispersant Loading	Exmouth WA	October 2006	14
Fixed Wing Aerial Dispersant Loading	Karratha WA	October 2006	10
Casualty Coordinator	Geelong VIC	November/December 2006	13
Oil Spill Management	Canberra ACT	December 2006	18
Marine Pollution Controller	Geelong VIC	February 2007	12
Environment & Scientific Coordinator	Perth WA	May 2007	19
Oil Spill Management	Adelaide SA	May 2007	23
Chemical Spill Response Level 2	Brisbane QLD	June 2007	18

Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre

As the oil industry resource in the National Plan infrastructure, the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC) continued to provide personnel and equipment to support National Plan activities.

AMOSC personnel and equipment were dispatched to the Pasha Bulker incident and particpated in preparing and implementing a response strategy to accommodate any loss of oil to the marine environment.

As well as representing industry on several National Plan Committees, AMOSC assisted in the review of the Queensland, Victorian and the Port of Dampier Oil Spill Contingency Plans. Personnel also participated in the ongoing management and auditing of the Fixed Wing Aerial Dispersant Capability contract.

Spillcon 2007 was well attended by industry representatives and assistance was provided at the On Water Display. As the conference is jointly sponsored by the Australian Institute of Petroleum and AMSA, the AMOSC General Manager, Ivan Skibinski, served as the Conference Chairman.

Twenty specific workshops were conducted for a total of 325 personnel as shown in the table below. AMOSC also conducted training for 22 overseas students in Geelong. In all training, AMOSC worked with AMSA and often State personnel which greatly assists in promoting the cooperative nature of oil spill arrangements in Australia.

Course	Number of courses	Number of Participants
Response	3	40
Operators	3	54
Management Overview	3	48
Other	11	183

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Updated: 20 December 2007