News And Events

Our host company recently published a profile of a Washington UST operator who’s not your typical gas station operator. Here at UST Training we work with all sorts of UST folks who have a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and skills. So meet Tyson and see what he thinks about our online training.

UST Training recently wrapped up production of two online training courses for Pepsi Bottling Company: one on safely filling Pepsi vehicles and one for inspecting Pepsi USTs. Pepsi has a company-wide policy called the Zero Zone, which mean zero spills, zero accidents, zero environmental incidents. So the company UST standards go well beyond what states typically require. The courses are not Class A/B or Class C training per se but are meant to compliment and expand existing training requirements. Employees can log in and view the courses on the company’s intranet.

UST Training is pleased to announce our Self-Paced Class A/B course in Colorado is now approved and available online. Since 2009, we have offered the course via webinar with the live instructor, Ben Thomas, guiding the class though the material. And we’ve trained a large percentage of Colorado operators that way. The benefit of the webinar for students has been the live interactive feature; the challenge has been carving out the better part of a day to sit through an online class about tanks.

When we wanted to make the jump from live-online to self-paced online, the State of Colorado was concerned that Class A/B operators wouldn’t have the tools to adequately understand what rules applies at each user’s site since every UST system can be different. The compromise was that we at UST Training will be providing a free, after class phone interview so we can help you determine what type of UST system you have and thus know what parts of the training are more relevant to you. The interview is in fact now required. But the phone call is free plus you have the benefit of getting free advice from our senior UST experts. So check it out!

Buy the course here and feel free to contact us with questions about this new training requirement at 866-301-8265 or [email protected].

We’ve offering a Class A/B UST operator training course at the Lane County Public Service Building Eugene, Oregon on March 18th. Click here to learn more. Or contact us at 866-301-8265 or email and reserve a seat.

We are very sorry to report that the Petroleum Equipment Institute office in Tulsa Oklahoma was destroyed by fire last night, February 11. Fortunately no one was injured. We’ve been proud PEI members for many years and have been to their office a few times over the years. We send our sincerest well wishes to our PEI friends while they begin recovery actions.

This Puget Sound Washington-based company says congratulations to the Seahawks!

Our training host company recently did a cool interview with one of our trained Class C operators: Meet John Clutterbuck from Mesa, Arizona, and see why he’s likes our online Class C UST operator training course.

UST Training recently updated our Wisconsin Class A/B UST operator training course and we encourage you to check out the improvements. It’s the same great content but we’ve added many new and updated images and made it easy to watch and learn.

Have any new Class A/B UST operators that need the training? Check it out!

In our last newsletter we stated that the State of Colorado has suspended Class A/B training pending the outcome of an investigation. This is incorrect. The Colorado OPS is investigating whether to allow self-paced, online training in Colorado because of concerns they have about operators not understanding rules as they apply to their particular sites. We at UST Training were under the impression that the site-specific issue was across the board and affected live classroom, live-webinar and self-paced options as well. We apologize for the misunderstanding that resulted in a number of calls to the Colorado OPS. We’re hoping to automate our Colorado Class A/B course by offering a self-paced version (with interactive, site-specific features) so we’ll update you as soon as we know something. Again, sorry for the confusion. Any concerns please contact Ben Thomas by phone at 866-301-8265 or by email.

UST Training’s popular Tank Savvy Minute videos will be presented at the conference Oil and Gas Developing Local Leaders Forum this February 24-26 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as an example of “performance support” e-learning options in the petroleum industry. We’re very excited to see Tank Savvy go international! Check out all of our Tank Savvy Minute videos here. Class A/B and C UST operators, as well as UST agency inspectors, can use these helpful videos to enhance training and drive home critical information in a way that easy to access and simple to understand.