USEPEC is not affiliated with any other agency, government body or market participant.

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Preventing and Controlling Hazards

Becoming Aware of Gas and Oil Hazards
Drilling Operation Health Hazards

  • Various health hazards in drilling operations
  • Known Hazards
  • Silica Exposure
  • How to Control Silica Dust
  • Dust Collection Systems
  • Wet Methods
  • Operator Isolation
  • Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Exposure
  • Drilling Site Exposure
  • Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide
  • API Condition I-Low Hazard Area
  • API Condition II-Medium Hazard Area
  • API Condition III-High Hazard Area
  • Precautions For Hydrogen Sulfide
  • Additional Drilling Site Health Hazards

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES


Types of Oil Spills

Introduction to Cleaning Up Oil Spills

Additional Drilling Site Hazards III

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES


Upon completion of each course, participants will be awarded a course certificate, and will also earn Development Units for application towards an Individual Stewardship Certificate.

Additional Drilling Site Hazards

Toxin Exposure

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Types of Oil Spills



  • Crude oil and the health risks
  • How Do Oil Spills Occur?
  • Four Types of Oil
  • Crude Oil Health Hazards
  • Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL)
  • Weathered Crude Oil
  • Weathered Crude Oil Terminology
  • Tarballs





Becoming Aware of Gas and Oil Hazards
Additional Drilling Site Hazards III



  • Welding/Hot Work
  • Trips, Slips and Falls
  • Protection from Falls
  • Sprains and Strains
  • Safety with Motor Vehicles
  • Powered Industrial Trucks
  • Poor Weather Conditions



Additional Drilling Site Hazards II

Online Certification    Online Training

Cleaning Up Oil Spills 

Worker Safety When Cleaning Up

  • Keeping workers safe and healthy when cleaning up oil spills
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Protecting Yourself
  • Heat Stress Hazards
  • Heat Rash
  • Heat Exhaustion
  • Heat Stroke
  • Heat Syncope
  • Heat Cramps



Worker Safety When Cleaning Up

Cleaning Up Oil Spills 

Worker Safety When Cleaning Up II

  • Keeping workers safe and healthy when cleaning up oil spills
  • Emergency situations during oil spill cleanups
  • Heat Stress
  • Heat Injury Prevention
  • The Work/Rest Cycle
  • Heat Adjustment
  • Additional Risk Factors
  • Fluid Intake
  • Urine Color
  • Fatigue
  • Respiratory Protection
  • Examples of Respiratory Protection




Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Introduction to Cleaning Up Oil Spills


  • Health and Safety Plans
  • Pollution Contingency Plan
  • Implementing Health and Safety Plans
  • HAZWOPER Standard
  • Marine Oil Spills
  • Employee Training
  • Communicating About Hazardous Materials
  • Oil Types



Additional Drilling Site Hazards III

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES


Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES


Unemployed Worker Retraining Program
Provides grant for new career training

Average course certification is less than 4 hours in length 

other course categories

Environmental Damages

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Hazards

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES


Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES


Drilling Operation Health Hazards



Becoming Aware of Gas and Oil Hazards
Additional Drilling Site Hazards II


  • Spaces That Are Confined
  • Permit-required confined space
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Compressed Equipment and Gas
  • Compressed Air Hazard
  • Directional Drilling
  • Redrilling
  • Hazardous Energy Control

USEPEC provides technical training, instruction and professional development services for the global Gas, Oil and Energy industry.


We deliver targeted short duration online e-courses to the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors, offering over 1,000 hours of online training and hundreds of courses. Our online course curriculum focus includes introductory to advanced training and certification in key areas including:

Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Equipment Used for Oil Spills


  • Containment Boom
  • Oil Skimmers
  • Weir skimmers
  • Drum Skimmers
  • Oleophilic Skimmers
  • Vacuums and Centrifuges
  • Shovels
  • Sorbents
  • Natural Organic Sorbents
  • Natural Inorganic Sorbents
  • Synthetic Sorbents
  • Bioremediation
  • Bioremediation Accelerator
  • Controlled Burning

Oil, Gas and Energy Sector Management
Preventing and Controlling Hazards

  • Controlling Exposure and The Hierarchy of Controls
  • ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005
  • Elimination
  • Substitution
  • Engineering Controls
  • Administrative Controls
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Inspecting the Wellsite
  • Analyzing Former Accidents
  • Controlling Energy
  • Analyzing Confined Space Entry
  • Analyzing Fall Hazards
  • Analyzing Excavation Hazards
  • Analyzing Hazardous Chemicals
  • Analyzing Electrical Hazards

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES




Becoming Aware of Gas and Oil Hazards
Additional Drilling Site Hazards


  • Combustible and Flammable Liquids
  • Safety with Electricity
  • Static Electricity and Lightning
  • Fire Safety
  • Flare Lines and Flare Pits
  • Rotating Parts Exposure
  • Fluid Systems That Circulate
  • Common hazards with circulation fluid systems
  • Power and Hand Tools



Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Environmental Damages


  • Effects that crude oil has on the environment
  • Type of crude oil and refined product 
  • Light refined substances
  • Toxic and fire hazards 
  • Effects of Crude Oil
  • Surface Tension
  • Specific Gravity
  • Viscosity
  • Shoreline Oil Exposure
  • Shoreline Type
  • Damage to the Environment

Just $89.00
Unlimited Access
to all Courses

Course length (approx):     4 hours online

Certified:  YES

Certification Included: YES

Worker Safety When Cleaning Up II

Equipment Used for Oil Spills

Short duration online Oil & Gas e-course certifications!


Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Toxin Exposure


  • Covers the toxic components that workers can be exposed
  • Nitrogen dioxide
  • Health risks associated with nitrogen dioxide 
  • Occupational Exposure Limits-Nitrogen Dioxide
  • Sulfur Dioxide
  • Occupational Exposure Limits-Sulfur Dioxide
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon Monoxide 
  • Controlling Carbon Monoxide
  • Overexposure Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide 
  • Petrol and is a petroleum liquid mixture
  • Diesel Fuel
  • Diesel Combustion Exhaust