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Fields Offering Certification

Any notable fields missing?Any notable fields missing? The Fuel HandlerThe Fuel Handler

If you work in and around Petroleum? = If you work in and around Petroleum? = Fuel Fuel HandlerHandler

Who is the Fuel Handler?

Fuel Handler is the generic name of the person anywhere in the fuel supply chain, from “wellhead

to wingtip”

Consider:Consider:• Gals of fuel received, stored, issued each dayGals of fuel received, stored, issued each day• Number of flights each day….Number of flights each day….• Number of passengers on those flightsNumber of passengers on those flights• Potential for loss of life, equipment, peace of Potential for loss of life, equipment, peace of

mindmindWhat Certification Does:What Certification Does:• Promotes safetyPromotes safety• Enhances technical knowledgeEnhances technical knowledge• Improves qualityImproves quality• Encourages professionalism in the workplaceEncourages professionalism in the workplaceSafety, Knowledge, Quality……..ProfessionalismSafety, Knowledge, Quality……..Professionalism

Why Petroleum Certification?

What NPMA Offers

• Five Petroleum Certification LevelsFive Petroleum Certification Levels• Apprentice (CPA)Apprentice (CPA)• Journeyman (CPJ)Journeyman (CPJ)• Specialist (CPS)Specialist (CPS)• Craftsman (CPC)Craftsman (CPC)• Certified Petroleum Professional (CPP)Certified Petroleum Professional (CPP)

• Online course for initial certificationOnline course for initial certification• Consolidation of current education, training, and Consolidation of current education, training, and

experienceexperience

Education, Training, Experience = Certification Education, Training, Experience = Certification LevelLevel

How it Works

1.1. Enroll (online or at NPMA booth)Enroll (online or at NPMA booth)2.2. Complete initial certification courseComplete initial certification course3.3. Provide education, training, experience Provide education, training, experience

historyhistory4.4. NPMA Education Review Committee/Board NPMA Education Review Committee/Board

identifies starting pointidentifies starting point5.5. Earn additional Continuing Education Units Earn additional Continuing Education Units

(CEU)(CEU)6.6. Apply for next certification levelApply for next certification level7.7. Successfully pass each level certification testSuccessfully pass each level certification test8.8. Achieve Certified Petroleum Professional Achieve Certified Petroleum Professional

statusstatusEnroll, establish initial certification level, earn CEUsEnroll, establish initial certification level, earn CEUs

Continuing Education Units

• Gained for experienceGained for experience• 5 per year (maximum 10 years)5 per year (maximum 10 years)

• Formal education petroleum-related college coursesFormal education petroleum-related college courses• 2 per credit hour2 per credit hour

• Petroleum training coursesPetroleum training courses• Depends on course—roughly 1 per 10 hours of Depends on course—roughly 1 per 10 hours of

instructioninstruction• Leadership education and trainingLeadership education and training

• 1 per 3 credits or 1 per 20 hrs of instruction1 per 3 credits or 1 per 20 hrs of instruction• Maximum for level 5 set at 34 CEU equivalentsMaximum for level 5 set at 34 CEU equivalents

Not a degree--focus on petroleum operationsNot a degree--focus on petroleum operations

Specific Requirements

Certified Petroleum Apprentice (CPA)Certified Petroleum Apprentice (CPA)1.1. Experience: 6 monthsExperience: 6 months2.2. Successfully complete certification courseSuccessfully complete certification course

Certified Petroleum Journeyman (CPJ)Certified Petroleum Journeyman (CPJ)1.1. Experience: 2 yearsExperience: 2 years2.2. Total of 42 Continuing Education UnitsTotal of 42 Continuing Education Units3.3. Successfully complete certification courseSuccessfully complete certification course

Specific Requirements

Certified Petroleum Specialist (CPS)Certified Petroleum Specialist (CPS)1.1. Experience: 5 yearsExperience: 5 years2.2. Total of 84 Continuing Education UnitsTotal of 84 Continuing Education Units3.3. Successfully complete certification courseSuccessfully complete certification course

Certified Petroleum Craftsman (CPC)Certified Petroleum Craftsman (CPC)1.1. Experience: 9 yearsExperience: 9 years2.2. Total of 126 Continuing Education UnitsTotal of 126 Continuing Education Units3.3. Successfully complete certification courseSuccessfully complete certification course

Specific Requirements

Certified Petroleum Professional (CPP)Certified Petroleum Professional (CPP)1.1. Experience: 14 yearsExperience: 14 years2.2. Total of 168 Continuing Education UnitsTotal of 168 Continuing Education Units3.3. Successfully complete certification courseSuccessfully complete certification course

Certification Course Overview

• Safety• Environmental• Various Fuels• Fuel Properties• Quality• Pipeline Systems• Hardware

The fuel handling business can be summed up with three very simple

Rules

Don’t spill itDon’t spill it

Don’t contaminate it Don’t contaminate it

Don’t run out of itDon’t run out of it

The safety module will introduce you to some basic concepts that will help you build a foundation for understanding safety

principles when working in and around the fuels environment

Safety Module Purpose

Safety Module Overview

Fire Triangle

There are a number of ways to remember the basics of how to operate a fire extinguisher to put out a fire and one of them is to think PASS.

• P - Pull the safety pin• A - Aim at the base of the fire• S - Squeeze the handle to

release the extinguisher contents

• S - Sweep in a side to side motion at the base of the fire

Fire Extinguishers

Materials are put into different classes and fire extinguishers are matched to the various fire classes listed below:

• Class A fire: Ordinary combustibles such as wood, paper, carton, textile, and PVC

• Class B fire: Flammable liquid or gaseous fuels such benzene, gasoline, oil, butane, propane, and natural gas

• Class C fire: Involving energized electrical equipment, often caused by short circuits or overheated electrical cables

• Class D fire: Combustible metals, such as iron, aluminum, sodium, and magnesium

• Class K fire: Containing a fat element, such as cooking oilYou wouldn’t use a chainsaw to cut your toe nails and you

certainly don’t want to use the wrong type of fire extinguisher to fight a petroleum fire!

Classes of Fires

Boiling Point

Fire Point refers to the lowest temperature at which liquids give off sufficient vapors when mixed with air to support combustion. The fire point is higher than its flash point. For a continuous fire, a product’s fire point must be reached. Fire point is generally about 5 - 10 degrees higher than flash point

Example:Jet A Fire Point: ~ 110o F

Jet A Flash Point: ~ 100o F

Retro Look from the War Department

Fire Point

Generating Static Electricity

Now that you are familiar with the most common petroleum based jet fuels, the next section will discuss fuels made from alternative sources other than petroleum and will include those commonly used in applications on the ground such as those used to power vehicles.

An acre of algae can produce 50 times more oil than an acre of soy, and this oil can be used to make bio-diesel

or synthetic forms of petroleum or both

Alternative Fuel Sources

ASTM D7566, originally approved in September 2009 governs standards for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons (SPK) and Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel (HRJ) Fuels produced to this specification may contain up to a 50% blend of SPK or HRJ. The blended SPK or HRJ is then certified to ASTM D1655. Once the blended fuel is certified to ASTM D1655, there will be no reference to ASTM D7566 (an airline will not be able to tell if the jet fuel contains SPK or HRJ fuel).

Synthetic Jet Fuels

Fuel Properties and Tests

Fuel Properties and Significance of Tests

Certification Course Overview

• Safety• Environmental• Various Fuels• Fuel Properties• Quality• Pipeline Systems• Hardware

Quality Overview

Certification Course Overview

• Safety• Environmental• Various Fuels• Fuel Properties• Quality• Pipeline Systems• Hardware

Website: http://npma-fuelnet.org/

Registration Process

Teaming Partners

Teaming with NPMA is a good fit for you if:Teaming with NPMA is a good fit for you if:• Your training is in the Your training is in the petroleum fieldpetroleum field• You provide quality training for the Fuel You provide quality training for the Fuel

HandlerHandler• Your course materials are Your course materials are testabletestable• You desire to have more studentsYou desire to have more students• You have You have capacitycapacity to teach extra courses to teach extra courses• Your courses are offered on site or are (or Your courses are offered on site or are (or

could be) web-based for could be) web-based for distant learning distant learning formatformat

• You want to You want to enhance your company profile enhance your company profile through new clientalthrough new cliental

Providing formal training? Partner with NPMA!Providing formal training? Partner with NPMA!

Teaming Partners

NPMA doesn’t want to compete with other NPMA doesn’t want to compete with other training programs, instead they want to:training programs, instead they want to:1.1. Partner with companies to Partner with companies to endorseendorse their their

training by reviewing their material, training by reviewing their material, assigning a CEU value and then assigning a CEU value and then listinglisting the course on the NPMA websitethe course on the NPMA website

2.2. Channel students to available trainingChannel students to available training3.3. Encourage/Encourage/help develop online formats help develop online formats

for existing training to open up the for existing training to open up the courses to a worldwide audiencecourses to a worldwide audience

Stop by the NPMA booth to discuss TEAMING Stop by the NPMA booth to discuss TEAMING today!today!

Don’t spill itDon’t spill it

Don’t contaminate it Don’t contaminate it

Don’t run out of itDon’t run out of it

Questions?