News And Events

Normally I write posts about what our customers — UST operators — should consider when shopping for the best online training experience. But this time I thought I’d help UST government agencies know what to look for when evaluating or auditing Class A/B and C UST training options.

Back in 2003, when I started doing live classroom training in Oregon, it quickly became apparent that my course, while dutifully explaining the UST rules in painstaking PowerPoint detail, wasn’t landing well with the audience. Questions I kept getting:

• What does “L4 fuel alarm” mean?
• How can I tell what method of leak detection I’m using?
• How can I get ready for a compliance inspection?
• What do I do with oily spill bucket water?
• Exactly what records must I keep?

Hello UST Community:

The Petroleum Equipment Institute’s Recommended Practice RP900: UST Inspection and Maintenance (2017 Edition) is now open for public comments through April 19, 2021. This document is used by many states as the standard for the 30-day walkthrough inspection and we here at UST Training have been promoting this document in our Class A/B training courses since 2008. Ben Thomas of UST Training is on the RP 900 Committee and would love your feedback to make a great document even better.

The public comment period will end at the close of business on Monday, April 19th, 2021. If you have any suggestions to revise the document you must submit a comment during the official comment period via the on-line portal.  To submit a comment, you will need to go to the RP-900 web page and click on the Comment Now button.

Please inform your colleagues and industry friends that the review of RP-900 is now open.

If anyone has questions or needs further clarification please reach out to Scott Boorse of PEI at 918-236-3975 or 610-513-6542 or [email protected]

Big news! UST Training is now offering Class A/B UST operator training by live webinar for qualifying Arizona UST owners and operators for free.

The next one is March 10, 2020, 8 AM – 12 PM AZ Time.

Register here

All you need is

• Internet and computer speakers or headphones. A computer mic is optional for chatting with the instructor.
• You also need to own or operate a UST regulated by the ADEQ, and be an employee of the company and not a third party contractor.

More information here

Any questions about this option, please contact us anytime at 866-301-8265 or [email protected]

This resource web page is for those MT UST licensees who attended the Virtual Annual Licensee Training on Feb. 17, 2021. Feel free to use these resource links following the webinar:

Ben Thomas of UST Training and his long time friend and associate Marcel Moreau recently published this article in LUSTLine about the effectiveness of UST operator training after 10 years of national efforts. It’s a follow-up to the first article written over a decade ago when we were all wondering if UST operator training would be a game-changer for UST compliance. Check it out!

LUSTLine-88_Web-version (PDF)

We’re back and ready to talk tanks in 2021!

Drop in for this weekly 60-minute live video chat on Zoom with UST Training’s Ben Thomas and hear about what’s going on with USTs in light of the Coronavirus. It’s free! Watch and chat from any computer, laptop, tablet, or smart phone with a camera and mic. No experience required.

Most Fridays, 10 AM Pacific Time

Register now!

We want you to:

• Get comfy with video conferencing,
• Feel connected by chatting with your peers,
• Ask questions about UST management affected by COVID-19,
• Share your concerns and successes about balancing UST Compliance and the Coronavirus.

Register now!

Another first in the world of UST Training: We are excited to announce we have launched the nation’s first Class A/B UST Operator Training course narrated in Hindi for our Hindi-speaking Texas UST Operators.

We recognize the landscape of convenience store operators has changed over the past decade and many of our customers come from diverse backgrounds and speak a growing number of languages. So it makes sense to offer our nationally recognized course in a language that is common to the सुविधा की दुकान (convenience store) world.

Check it out!

We’ve teamed up with Javed Surani, President of Your Environmental Specialist in Beaumont Texas, who helped translate the course into Hindi. Javed’s father, Jalaluddin, who is a convenience store operator, provided the voice talent.

Feedback from our first users of our Hindi-narrated Class C course:

Want more information?Contact us at 866-301-8265 or [email protected].

UST Training is pleased to announce our grant program has been renewed in by the Iowa UST Fund so we can continue to provide free Class A/B UST operator in 2021 to all qualifying UST operators in Iowa.

How it works

If you own or operate a UST system in Iowa and have never been a certified Class A/B operator before:

1. Go to https://usttraining.com/course/iowa-class-ab-ust-operator-training/
2. Create an account, add course to your account
3. Start training

It’s that easy.

Feedback in 2020

If you’re stuck at home due to COVID and need to catch upon things you normally don’t have time for, or if you have a team working remotely and need them to brush up on UST compliance, consider a bulk purchase of our Class A/B UST operator training courses.

Here at UST Training, we want you to use this time to get ahead. We’re always looking for new ways to stay safe during COVID and stay tank savvy. We hope this offer provides both. Click to learn more about team discounts.

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