News
December
2008 in review: Between Ben, Marcel and Steve, they have delivered over 48 seminars to the UST community: 25 to UST operators (OR, WA, KS, NY, NM, PA, NY, NJ, NV, CA, TX, IL), 9 to UST inspectors (ID, IL, WI, MI, NE, AZ, WV) and 14 to UST service providers and technicians (FL, TN, TX, ME, OR, IA). This equals presentations to over 1,325 souls.
PTS provided our first UST inspector seminar in our new training center at Steve Purpora's just-completed office complex in Saukville, WI. We plan to offer periodic inspector "boot camps" at our new location. Contact register@PetroleumTrainingSolutuions.com for more information.
West Virgina adopts UST operator training rules, the first eastern state. Go WV!
PTS teams up with Green Reviews to provide Federal UST/AST operator training classes to the Veterans Administration and other agencies.
October
PTS is pleased to announce our UST Inspector "boot camp" class that we've done for state inspectors in New Jersey, Kentucky and Idaho is now open to the public. The course, offered Feb. 2-6, 2009, in Milwaukee, WI, is a five-day hands-on seminar with classroom, lab and field exercises. To register, download the brochure.
August
Welcome three new states! Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma now have operator training rules adopted and in effect. To learn more see Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma.
May
The Kentucky UST Program wrote a very nice article about the 5-day inspector class we did in Frankfort KY in November 2007.
Saukville, WI. Let the digging begin! PTS’ Steve Purpora of Purpora Engineering and Protanic Inc. has begun construction on a new building which will house the two companies plus a state of the art UST training center. “We will be able to train inspectors, operators and technicians with real working equipment; nothing is better than hands on” says Steve Purpora. “This will provide PTS the opportunity to have a unique facility that will allow hands on customized training with working leak detection equipment” We already have our first class scheduled! Stay tuned for updates and a course catalog later this year.
April
March 2008
PTS staff continue to receive recognition for innovative training. Read the complete article at
www.helenair.com/articles/2008/03/12/weekly_features/business/top/50bz_080309_deqweb.txt.
Come visit with Steve, Marcel and Ben at the 20th Annual Tanks Conference & Expo in Atlanta. Shop by our booth or attend one of our sessions.
January 2008
PEI has just published RP-900, Inspection and Maintenance of UST Systems, a comprehensive daily, monthly and annual checklist for UST operators. Get the forms for free, or buy the entire document at http://www.pei.org/Index.aspx?p=rp900
Ben Thomas and Marcel Moreau are preparing to present another series of UST service provider seminars in Oregon. The seminars are being offered free of charge service providers in Oregon to improve understanding of reporting and technical requirements.
Highlights of 2007
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality's online Tank Helper service was awarded Montana's first IT Project Excellence Award in the Innovative and Creative Category. The award was presented on December 6, 2007. This is the second award Tank Helper has received in the last year and a half. The 2006 winner of a national Best of the Web award, Tank Helper is an innovative solution assisting storage tank owners across Montana comply with the many rules and regulations. Thanks the the hard work of Bill Rule and his team (including Ben Thomas of PTS).
Idaho TankHelper On-Line. Idaho has become the second state in the country to use TankHelper, the interactive computer program designed by Ben Thomas of Petroleum Training Solutions. State inspectors now use TankHelper on-site during inspections to gather site information, quiz the operator's knowledge, create a compliance plan, and even print a compliance binder.
Kansas Approved. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment certified Petroleum Training Solutions' UST Operator Training program for Class A and B operators. The first class in the state's history was provided on September 25 to 44 operators in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Kentucky 5-Day Inspector Course. Petroleum Training Solutions was recently awarded the contract to provide a 5-day UST inspector course in Frankfort, KY. The first three days was an intermediate course with a combination of classroom and field exercises. The last two days were for advanced inspectors and was mostly conducted in the field.
Train the Trainer. Petroleum Training Solutions is developing a "Train the Trainer" program for large organizations who have qualified individuals who want to train their own Class A and B operators. Stay tuned for details in Spring 2008 or contact us now if you're interested in this program.