UST Operator On-line Training Videos
The videos below will help operators prepare for the Class A and Class B certification exams. The Class C training video provides general information and may be useful for training Class C employees. Class C employees must also receive training specific to the facilities where they will work from certified Class A or Class B operators.
UST Operator On-line Training Videos
The videos were produced by the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association and DEQ.
UST Operator Class A and Class B Training, Part 1
- UST Regulations
- Federal Regulation 40CFR 280
- Arkansas Regulation 12
- Energy Policy Act of 2005
- What Is an Underground Storage Tank?
- New Tanks
- Existing Tanks
- Operator Certification Classes A,B & C
- Types of Tanks
- STIP 3
- Clad Steel Tanks
- Jacketed Steel Tanks
- Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Tanks
- Compartment Tanks
- Manifolded Tanks
- Double-Walled Tanks
- Types of Piping
- Cathodically Protected Steel
- Fiberglass
- Flexible Plastic
- Semi Rigid
- New or Replacement Tanks and Pressurized Piping Installed After July 1, 2007, must be secondarily contained and the interstitial space must be monitored
- New or Replacement Gas Dispensers installed after July 1, 2007, require an under dispenser spill containment sump
- Spill Protection
- Overfill Protection
- Automatic Shutoff or Flapper
- Valves 95% Full
- Ball Float Valves 90% Full
- Audio or Visual Alarms 90% Full
- Corrosion Protection
- Cathodic Protection
- Internal Tank Lining
- Protecting Stainless Steel Flex Connectors
- Cathodic Protection
- Isolation
- Corrosion Protection Testing
- Record Keeping Requirements
UST Operator Class A and Class B Training, Part 2
- Release Detection
- Automatic Tank Gauge
- Interstitial Monitoring
- Statistical Inventory Reconciliation
- Continuous In-Tank Leak Detection
- Vapor Monitoring
- Groundwater Monitoring
- Inventory Control with Tank Tightness Testing
- Manual Tank Gauging
- Pressurized Piping Leak Detection
- Line Leak Detectors
- Suction Piping Leak Detection
- Safe Suction
- Handling Releases at UST Sites
- Subsurface
- Surface
- Most frequent violations for UST Owner/Operators
- Delivery Prohibition Red Tagging
- Financial Responsibility
- Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund
- Corrective Action
- Third Party Liability
- Recordkeeping
- Notification
- Temporarily Out of Service of Tanks
- Permanent Closure of Tanks
UST Operator Class C Training
- Fueling System Emergency Shutoff
- Emergency response procedures for the facility and the posted location
- How to monitor fuel dispensing and delivery controls
- Instructions on how to respond to Automatic Tank Gauge alarms if applicable
- Emergency spill and response equipment UST Equipment
- UST Equipment
- Dispenser
- Hose
- Nozzle
- Breakaway Coupling
- Emergency Shutoff Switch
- Automatic Tank Gauge