More Funny Videos from Canary

Humor is a great way to engage users about important ideas and our friends at Canary Compliance have a number of short video clips about why ignored ATG alarms are bad and how remote monitoring can help. We also believe good Class A/B UST operator training can inspire people to be smarter with alarm response.

Check them all out here.

UST Training is growing! In 2019 we’ve been busy getting our existing Class A/B courses re-approved plus we’ve been creating new courses for other Class A/B states. In fact we’ve been so busy we’ve had to grow the team to keep up. And even though we’re online, we are a company with real people who all love providing high quality, inspirational training content.

So….

Meet the team!

Our good friends at Mascott Equipment Company in Portland, Oregon now provide links to our online Class A/B and C UST operator training for UST operators in Oregon, Washington Alaska and Idaho. Check it out!

UST Training and Mascott have worked closely together since 2004, when we offered live Class A/B training in Oregon at the Mascott office in downtown Portland. Of late, Mascott has posted our Tank Savvy Minute videos on YouTube. Also check out the new and improved Mascott web page at www.Mascottec.com

Or…Why Cheapest Isn’t Always Best

What makes training worth it? How do UST operators choose the best option? Assuming not all training is equal, there are a number of ways to measure the value of training. Is it low cost? The least time spent? The most simple to get through? Or something less tangible?

How do you measure the value of something like UST operator training?

Based on our research, our intuition, and what we actually do, here’s how we measure training value. (Special thanks to the Kirkpatrick Model). Notice #1 is most important and #5, interestingly, is least.

Our friends at Franklin Fueling just published a great podcast about the new EPA UST regulations. Check it out!

Are you in multiple states? Need an online, company-wide solution for all your Class A/B and C operators? We can offer you a multi-state discount. Plus free advice about how to best comply with UST training rules in each state.

UST Training did the nation’s first state-approved Class A/B UST operator training course way back in 2002 and we’ve been training non-stop ever since. In fact, since we shifted to mostly online training in 2009, we’ve certified tens of thousands of Class A/B operators from many states and a whopping 550,000 Class C operators from all states.

Need to train your UST operator, inspector or contractor and wish you could see everything that’s buried at a UST site?

Look no further: Our friends at Source have announced the grand opening of their state-of-the-art live training center, located in Arlington, Texas. According to their press release: “The training center includes a replica fuel site that allows visitors to explore fueling infrastructure that most people don’t have the opportunity to see up-close.

Here’s an example of what happens when UST regulations are ignored. Two California businessman accused of violating multiple UST requirements have been conditionally banned from owning or operating gas stations in California and are on the hook with other defendants for up to $4.25 million in fines and fees, following a multi-year investigation by the State Water Resources Control Board.

Fortunately no one was injured at an explosion at a 7-Eleven gas station under construction in Philadelphia on March 12. The gas tank had been removed but contractors were working on removing beams on the island with a torch when apparently residual fuel in lines caused the blast.

ABC News Story

Moral of the story: always be careful while working at a UST site and always perform continuous vapor monitoring until the job is complete.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has approved our online Virginia Class A/B UST Operator Training course. Check it out!

UST Training was the nation’s first approved Class A/B UST operator trainer (2003) and we are excited to finally offer VA operators our inspirational and nationally recognized training material.

Aloha Hawai’i Class A/B UST Operators:

Do you want to attend a live version of our Hawai’i Class A/B UST Operator Training course?

If you’re interested, Register Now. Seating is limited.

The UST Training team is saddened to share with the UST world that Steve Purpora, co-founder of UST Training, passed away unexpectedly on February 2, 2019. As noted in the PEI:

Since 2002, Purpora had been the president of Protanic Inc. and Purpora Engineering, the companies founded by his father, William. He was an active PEI member, including service on the Overfill, Release Detection and Release Prevention Equipment Testing Committee and the Vapor Recovery Installation Committee.

Steve was well known in the industry and served on numerous PEI Recommended Practices committees. His efforts in the field of underground storage tanks prevented immeasurable damage to the environment.

We owe a great deal to Steve’s enthusiasm and drive, that helped create the vision that is UST Training today.

Steve is survived by his wife of almost 30 years, Michelle, and their three daughters: Ashley, Samantha and Sydney.

This in from Tennessee…where the UST operator training is free, but not necessarily taken.

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Warren County, Tennessee (“Warren County”), for alleged violation of certain provisions of the Tennessee Code addressing underground storage tanks (“USTs”). See Case No. UST 18-0118.

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2018 – What an amazing year we had:

• Our 15th Anniversary: 2003 highlighted the first ever state-approved Class A/B UST course in the nation in Portland, Oregon.
• Almost 10 years ago: in 2009 we launched the first ever-state approved online Class A/B and C courses for Colorado, then Wisconsin and West Virginia.
• 6 years ago: in 2012 we joined up with our first LMS, to greatly expand the delivery of our online courses.
• Today: We offer 54 state- and Territory-specific Class C UST operator training courses.
• Today: We have 13 state-specific Class A/B UST operator classes. We also link to the remaining states and offer our next best choice for training, even when it’s not us.
• Today: We offer the nation’s only commercially available Class A/B and C UST operator training courses for Indian Country.
• An amazing 30,660 individuals received certificates of completion for Class A/B and C UST operators from our first LMS since 2012.
• Several Thousand individuals received live Class A/B and C certificates issued nationwide in over a dozen states since 2003.
• Over 500,000 Class C certificates have been issued nationwide from our major license clients and resellers.
• 7,800 folks are currently subscribed to our UST Training News Newsletter.
• Almost 38,000 visitors came to our web page since January.
• Over 1,700 folks received UST Resource Bundles over the last five years.
• We’ve logged 300,700 total hits on our Tank Savvy Minute videos on YouTube since 2012.

Thanks to each and everyone of you who helped make this a super successful year!

UST Training announces a formal partnership with the Oregon Fuels Association (OFA), creating some great benefits for OFA members, including:

• 20% discount off all online Oregon Class A/B and Oregon Class C UST operator training,
• Complimentary annual compliance binders, and
• Free technical and regulatory advice.

UST Training has been working informally with OFA for many years and has been training UST operators in Oregon since 2003. This agreement makes official our years of working together to help Oregon UST operators be the best they can be.

Attention Class A/B UST Operators: There’s a number of new testing requirements for your UST system. Need a simple explanation of what needs testing?

Use this easy to read table below that explains what you must do to comply. But remember: not every rule applies to every UST site. It depends on whether you have certain types of equipment (like an ATG) and whether you use that equipment to comply with the rules.

Ben Thomas of UST Training has become friends with a Louisville, Kentucky-based company that’s been around for some time: CSTAT Mobile Data Collection. Learn how they can help you with improving your UST inspection process.

Another milestone in the history of UST Training’s efforts to bring useful information to the UST community. As of today, we’ve logged over 300,000 views of our Tank Savvy Minute videos on YouTube since 2011. To be specific:

• 268,497 minutes of watch time
• 307,507 views
• 748 subscribers

Calling all Class A/B UST Operators nationwide: Our friends at Source North America have done an excellent job summarizing the status of each state’s UST regulations, including whether the state is approved by EPA (important to know if the 2018 deadline applies to you), as well and major rule changes and important links to state-specific rules. Check it out!

Normally we like to format our own version of things like the new EPA UST rules, but Franklin Fueling Systems did an excellent job creating a nifty below ground map that shows each of the rule changes and points to each change as it relates to various locations on a buried UST system. Plus you can see all the parts underground. It’s very helpful and very visual.

Note that the October 13, 2018 deadline only applies to states that are not EPA-approved and states that also happen to have the same October 13, 2018 deadline. Not sure if the deadline applies to you? Give us a shout.

But meanwhile download this cool brochure.