Training & Certification

Our comprehensive courses cover your entire operational needs

At AFSI, our dedicated course developers and trainers are there to equip you and your team with the skills required to meet the challenges of today’s aviation fuel operations. We offer a complete package, from the identification of gaps in knowledge and skills, design and development of course materials and assessment methods, to delivering the courses and certifying staff proficiency.

AFSI offers Technical Fuel Training in the following areas: Aviation Fuel Delivery; Fuel Storage Farm Operations; Fuel Handling; Fuel Quality Control; Aircraft Fueling and Tarmac Operations, Operations Safety and Fuel Management; Auditor Training; Transportation of Dangerous Goods; Health and Safety and Environmental Control.

Examples of some typical training courses and their descriptions are outlined as follows:

Fuel Delivery

  • What is Jet Fuel?
  • Fuel Specifications
  • Key Fuel Properties and Parameters
  • Important Terms and Definitions
  • Fuel Quality Control and field Testing procedures.
  • Importance of record-keeping
  • Fuel receiving procedures

Airport Fuel Storage

  • Description of facility
  • Facility Operator and participants
  • Independent Operator
  • Independent Petroleum Inspector
  • Designated Laboratory
  • Fuel Committee
  • Notification
  • Procurement and transportation of inbound product
  • Inbound product scheduling
  • Inventory control
  • Outbound product movements
  • Facility safety
  • Facility security
  • Facility records
  • Quality control
  • Facility inspections

Maintenance and Checking of Facilities and Equipment

  • Storage tanks
  • Hydrant systems
  • Mobile equipment
  • Filtration systems
  • Hoses and hose end strainers
  • Pumps for hydrant and fueller loading
  • Self-sealing couplings
  • Pressure gauges
  • Electrical equipment
  • Safety signs
  • Miscellaneous

Airside Safety Regulations

  • Rules for Personnel
  • Rules for Vehicles
  • Jet fuel dispensing
  • Aircraft Refueling
  • Grounding and Bonding Procedures
  • Fuel flow control
  • Static charge prevention

Fuel Handling

  • On-site Disaster Management Plan for fuel handling at the apron
  • Hazard and Operability
  • Risk and Consequence
  • Fire Prevention equipment
  • Precautions to take
  • Procedures

Environment

  • Leaks – Hydrant system and tank installations
  • Spillage from vehicles
  • Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan
    • Operating procedures intended to prevent oil spills;
    • Control measures installed to prevent a spill from reaching the water table; and
    • Countermeasures to contain, clean up, and mitigate the effects of an oil spill that reaches the water table.
  • Control of effluent water
  • Soil and groundwater protection – Bioremediation and other techniques
  • Waste management

Aircraft Data Guide

  • Aircraft types
  • No of Tanks
  • Tank capacity
  • Fuelling sequence
  • Height of adaptors
  • Vents
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