Plant Manager / Incident Commander Initial Response Training

The target group for Plant Manager/Incident Commander Initial Response Training is personnel who are either designated as being in charge of, are members of, or provide support to an incident management team in an emergency.

There are no specific prerequisites for the Plant Manager/Incident Commander training and assessment programme.

The aim of the Plant Manager/Incident Commander Training is to equip personnel with formal training in command, control, communications and stress-related factors in the management of major emergencies. In addition, this programme also provides initial emergency incident management training for personnel who are undertaking a training and competence programme to progress to the role of a Plant Manager/Incident Commander. This course can be delivered for onshore O&G or petrochemical facilities, refineries and top tier COMAH sites.

Module 1 Theory of Major Emergency Management Element 1.1 Major Emergencies Element 1.2 The Plant Manager/Incident Commander role Element 1.3 The Emergency Command Centre Facilities and Information Management Element 1.4 Pre-planning and Maintaining a State of Readiness Element 1.5 Dealing with Stress Element 1.6 Managing Incident Briefing and Time-out Performa Module 2 Practical Elements of Major Emergency Management Element 2.1 Assessing the Situation Element 2.2 Taking Effective Action Element 2.3 Maintaining Communications Element 2.4 Delegating Authority Element 2.5 Managing Self and Team Element 2.6 Managing team using the Incident Briefing and Time-out Performa Approximately 35% of the course will be classroom-based, including pre-scenario briefings, and 65% is spent on practical scenarios and debriefs.