NATIONAL PETROLEUM MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

PETROLEUM CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Creating Opportunities for Petroleum Professionals

• Art• Business• Computers• Criminal Justice• Program Management• Contracting• Aviation• Health Providers• Fire Fighters• Many, many more…

Fields Offering Certification

Any notable fields missing?The Fuel Handler

• Operators• Maintainers• Quality Specialists• Petroleum Analyst• Petroleum Accountant• Programmer• Manager• Supervisor• Controller• Transporter

• The mechanic who inspects, troubleshoot and repair the systems and equipment

• The storage attendant who receives, stores and issues the fuel

• The laboratory technician who samples/tests the fuel

• The fuel system and equipment operators

If you work in and around Petroleum? = Fuel Handler

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

mindWhat Certification Does:

• Promotes safety• Enhances technical knowledge• Improves quality• Encourages professionalism in the workplaceSafety, Knowledge,

Quality……..Professionalism

Why Petroleum Certification?

What NPMA Offers

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

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

experience

Education, Training, Experience = Certification Level

Certification Level

Experience

Education

Training

Roadmap

How it Works

1. Enroll (online or at NPMA booth)2. Complete initial certification course3. Provide education, training, experience history4. NPMA Education Review Committee/Board

identifies starting point5. Earn additional Continuing Education Units

(CEU)6. Apply for next certification level7. Successfully pass each level certification test8. Achieve Certified Petroleum Professional status

Enroll, establish initial certification level, earn CEUs

Continuing Education Units

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

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

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

• Leadership education and training• 1 per 3 credits or 1 per 20 hrs of instruction• Maximum for level 5 set at 34 CEU equivalents

Not a degree--focus on petroleum operations

Specific Requirements

Certified Petroleum Apprentice (CPA)1. Experience: 6 months2. Successfully complete certification course

Certified Petroleum Journeyman (CPJ)3. Experience: 2 years4. Total of 42 Continuing Education Units5. Successfully complete certification course

Specific Requirements

Certified Petroleum Specialist (CPS)1. Experience: 5 years2. Total of 84 Continuing Education Units3. Successfully complete certification course

Certified Petroleum Craftsman (CPC)4. Experience: 9 years5. Total of 126 Continuing Education Units6. Successfully complete certification course

Specific Requirements

Certified Petroleum Professional (CPP)1. Experience: 14 years2. Total of 168 Continuing Education Units3. Successfully complete certification course

Certification Course Overview

SafetyEnvironmentalVarious FuelsFuel PropertiesQualityPipeline SystemsHardware

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

Rules

Don’t spill it

Don’t contaminate it

Don’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

Fire Triangle

Fire Extinguishers

Classes of Fires

Fire Hazards

Volatility

Boiling Point

Vapor Pressure

Flash Point

Fire Point

Flammability

Autoignition

Flame Spread

Fuel Handling

Static Electricity

Fuel Spills

Confined Spaces

Toxicity

Personal Protective

Equipment

Head Protection

Eye Protection

Hearing Protection

PPE Maintenance

Federal Hazardous

Communication

Safety Module Overview

The fire triangle /combustion triangle is a simple model for understanding the ingredients necessary for most fires.

The triangle illustrates a fire requires three elements:

An oxidizing agent (usually oxygen)

A heat source Fuel, something that will

burn

A fire naturally occurs when the elements are combined in the right mixture. Fire

can be prevented or extinguished by removing any one of the three elements.

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 oil

You 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 is the temperature at which a liquid actively starts to

vaporize. The higher the volatility, the lower the boiling point

temperature.

The higher the volatility… (easier the fuel turns to a vapor)

The lower the boiling point temperature of the fuel

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

Fuel is not our only concern, clothing is a common source of this danger; silk, polyester, wool and nylon garments

should be avoided as they are prominent generators of static electricity. In

addition, shoes or boots that have steel taps or hobnails should not be worn, as they can cause sparks on concrete and

asphalt surfaces.

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).

Feed Stock for

HRJBio Feed Stock for

SPK

Synthetic Jet Fuels

Energy ContentCompositionVolatilityFluidityCombustionCorrosionStabilityContaminantsOther Misc

Properties

Fuel Properties and Tests

Vapor Pressure

Another test method for measuring vapor pressure is ASTM D 5191 - Vapor

Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method)

A chilled sample is introduced into an evacuated, thermostatically controlled chamber. The chamber and sample are

heated to 37.8°C (100°F) and the resulting rise in pressure is measured. The sample size and chamber volume

are chosen to duplicate the conditions of the Reid Method.

Fuel Properties and Significance of Tests

Certification Course Overview

SafetyEnvironmentalVarious FuelsFuel PropertiesQualityPipeline SystemsHardware

Personnel QualificationsSafety PrecautionsTypes of Samples

Sample PrecautionsTesting Frequencies

Field Sampling and Test EquipmentRecoverable and Waste Product

SamplingReclaimable ProductRecyclable Product

Waste ProductOff-Specification Product

ReclamationDetermining Factors

Reclamation TechniquesQuality Assurance

Fuel HandlingStrainers

Filter SeparatorsTank Inspections/Cleaning

Water RemovalQuality Surveillance

Joint Inspection Group

Quality Overview

Certification Course Overview

SafetyEnvironmentalVarious FuelsFuel PropertiesQualityPipeline SystemsHardware

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

Registration Process

Teaming Partners

Teaming with NPMA is a good fit for you if:• Your training is in the petroleum field• You provide quality training for the Fuel Handler• Your course materials are testable• You desire to have more students• You have capacity to teach extra courses• Your courses are offered on site or are (or could

be) web-based for distant learning format• You want to enhance your company profile

through new cliental

Providing formal training? Partner with NPMA!

Teaming Partners

NPMA doesn’t want to compete with other training programs, instead they want to:1. Partner with companies to endorse their

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

2. Channel students to available training3. Encourage/help develop online formats for

existing training to open up the courses to a worldwide audience

Stop by the NPMA booth to discuss TEAMING today!

Don’t spill itDon’t contaminate it

Don’t run out of it

Questions?