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If you’ve been a Class A/B or Class C UST operator for a while, you probably know that we provide site-specific worksheets to complement our training. We did this to help meet UST requirements in some states, and also to make sure our certified Class C UST operators were trained on the unique conditions at their UST location.

How it works

After a Class C operator completes our online class C course, they download a PDF worksheet that they fill out with their supervisor.  This tells newly-minted Class C UST operator where certain pieces of emergency and safety equipment are located at their site. For instance, we want every single operator to know exactly where the emergency shut off switch is, not just where it’s theoretically located.

Attention UST Operators, inspectors, and compliance managers. Interested in virtual training on virtually any UST topic? Don’t have a travel budget but need training anyway?

Ben Thomas, senior trainer of UST Training is scheduling webinar courses for 2023. Have a group of people who need UST training? Webinars can range from 1 to 500 attendees, and can be one hour, many hours, all day or multiple days, depending on your needs.

Ben has years of experience providing online beginning and advanced training for State, Federal and Tribal UST inspectors as well as customized training for individual companies.

Topics can include:

UST Training is excited to provide a number of free webinars this November. Register for the following below.

Any topics you want to see covered with our free webinar series? Let us know.

If you plan on attending the big Petroleum Equipment Institute show in Las Vegas this coming weekend, please make sure to look up Ben and Tammy.

PEI Show at NACS
October 1-4, 2022
Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV
Stop by our booth 7253 and say hi!

Also stop by Ben’s Roundtable Talk at PEI 1-on-1 Pavilion 3 PM Sunday October 2 on “What your UST operator training may not be teaching you”

Want to meet up with Ben? Email us and we can schedule you in

More information about the PEI show here

Chugach Government Solutions is looking for a part-time employee to conduct the UST work on eleven tanks at Fort Wainwright, Alaska once a month for 2-3 days, and once a year for about a week. The company would reimburse for all expenses (hotel, mileage, per diem, etc.)

If the candidate does not have all the certifications required, or needs a re-certification, Chugach would pay for that also.

Would you be able to send us a quote for pricing this work, or the name of a potential employee? Or if you have further questions I’ll be happy to connect you with the hiring manager, Jeremiah. I’ve attached the work statement for your review.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Kris Kaliher, MPA, CEBS, SPHR
HR Generalist
Chugach Government Solutions, LLC
C (702) 506-6424
www.chugachgov.com/careers

This is a very difficult story. Here at UST training we cannot stress enough the importance of safe fueling operations.

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — The trial for a Roanoke man facing manslaughter charges in connection with a 2019 explosion took a turn on Tuesday as prosecutors said they proved the man overfilled the fuel tanks at the Rockbridge County station, reportedly causing the fire, while the defense’s first expert witness claimed the incident happened because of missing safety equipment on and in the tanks.

The explosion at the South River Market on May 10, 2019 killed four people, including the owner of the store, Roger Lee Roberts; two employees, Kevin Tate Roberts and Samantha Gail Lewis; and a patron, Paul Dewayne Ruley.

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Planning on attending the EPA National Tanks Conference in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania this year?

It’s been four years since the last one in Louisville, KY and we’re so excited to see our old friends September 12-14, 2022.

If you are attending please make sure to find Ben Thomas, senior trainer and president of UST Training. Attend one of his workshops or sessions or just stop by the trade show booth and say hi.

Want to set up a meeting with Ben? Email him ASAP so he can set aside some time. [email protected] or (866) 301-8265.

Otherwise stop by one of these sessions:

Monday, September 12, 2022, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Ins and Outs of ATGs: Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask!
FortPitt Room

From our friends at the Oregon DEQ:

We’re currently recruiting for an open position at Oregon DEQ HQ, for the Program Coordinator for the UST program.

https://oregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SOR_External_Career_Site/job/Tanks-Program-Coordinator–Natural-Resource-Specialist-4-_REQ-103076

I’d be grateful if you could spread the word to your network! The recruitment closes on September 11 at 11:59 pm.

Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 10 AM Pacific Time,

Register today!

The class is filling up! Sign up today!

As you know, one benefit of using our online Class C UST Operator Training course is the site-specific worksheets. The worksheets are a helpful way to help show employees the location of important safety equipment at your UST sites. After you take our nationally recognized online course, you work with your supervisor to learn the safety equipment at your particular UST location.

Over the years, the worksheets have become so popular that a number of state UST agencies have begun requiring them.

We recently made some significant improvements to our worksheets:

• Easier to fill out. PDF versions are now fillable. Now, type your answers and print – or save a digital copy for your records.
• Easier to sign. Supervisors, as well as Class A/B UST operators, can now sign off on the worksheets.
• Easier to find. Worksheets are now embedded directly inside the course. No more going to another page to download.

If you’ve been using our Class C Worksheets from our nationally recognized Class C course there’s not much you need to do. However you do need to be aware that the worksheets are now inside the course instead of at an external link on our webpage.

Lastly we wanted to let folks know we’ve added a warning label to to the Worksheets to remind Class C operators that our worksheets are a supplement to the training and not a replacement for the training. Use of the Worksheet alone does not mean you have been trained via our training course and requires completion of our Class C training course.

Any questions please contact us anytime at 866-301-8265 or [email protected].