Pendleton Live Class A/B course June 11

The Oregon Petroleum Association’s 2014 Pendleton Membership Meeting is coming up June 10-11 at the Oxford Suites. We can offer another live Class A/B UST Operator Training course on June 11 which sufficient enrollment. Do you need Class A/B training in Eastern Oregon? Let us know ASAP. Also valid in Washington. Call 866-301-8265 or email us. You don’t have to be an OPA member to register but OPA members do get a discount.

Ever wonder what states and territories have the authority to prohibit the delivery of fuel to your UST system? We do; all the time in fact.

EPA’s Office of Underground Storage Tanks now has this handy interactive web page to help answer the question.

We’ve offering another great Class A/B UST operator training course at George Fox University on June 3. Click here to learn more. Or contact us at 866-301-8265 or email and reserve a seat.

Now that the warm weather is starting to return, be careful when you fill up your lawnmower’s little red gas can at your favorite local gas station.

Did you know it’s not safe to fill the can in back of your car or truck? The other day I was at a c-station and saw a number of customers filling up their cans, obviously excited to mow the lawn, but one of them was filling up in the back of his truck: a big no-no.

I’ve trained so many UST operators in Oregon in the last 12 years that many people mistakenly believe I live there. So when I’m traveling around the US folks around the country always me: why can’t you pump your own gas in Oregon. Here’s the answer, kind of.

If you or your company is a petroleum marketer in Oregon, Colorado or Wisconsin, don’t forget we offer you member discounts when you purchase our Class A/B and Class C UST operator training. We have strategic partnerships in these states whose associations support quality training.

Contact us for for discount coupon today! 866-301-8265 or [email protected].

Not in one of these states but want to see if we can partner with your state or regional association? Drop us a line today.

When most people think about online learning, they imagine a dry disembodied voice intoning about some dry technical subject and the learner expects the worse: boring content, time wasted, nothing learned.

When we recently checked our feedback from Washington state operators, we were pleasantly surprised that our intent to create something that feels, well, friendly and useful, was not only picked up by our students but praised.

We recently found this classic 1939 photo that was colorized and posted on Facebook so we thought we’d share it. Note the now vintage dispensers and class C operators on the porch!

We are offering a Class A/B class for the Tri-Cities/Hermiston/Pendleton area on March 19. Sorry about the short notice but we don’t get out there every day so we wanted to invite anyone who might need Class A/B training in this region. Contact us ASAP at 866-301-8265 or [email protected]. to reserve a seat.

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.

Attention Colorado UST Operators: The Colorado OPS has temporarily suspended Class A/B training in Colorado while they investigate concerns UST operators are not getting sufficient guidance to understand rules as they apply to their particulate UST sites. We at UST Training are proud of our site-specific approach that we launched in May of 2009, especially since there are no site-specific training rules in place for Class A/B operators, and our course feedback has always been very positive. UST Training supports the state’s concerns and hopes that we can be back online offering our training shortly. Concerns about this matter should be sent to O’Deana Wilson at OPS.