Petroleum Technician Programme Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply safety procedures and risk management techniques in petroleum handling operations.
• Demonstrate correct use of personal protective equipment and emergency response protocols.
• Analyze petroleum product properties and their implications for storage and transport.
• Implement standard operating procedures for fuel dispensing and storage systems.
• Evaluate compliance with relevant South African legislation and industry standards.
• Perform basic maintenance and troubleshooting of petroleum equipment.

Target Audience

This course is designed for individuals seeking to enter or advance in the petroleum industry, including new technicians, operators, and maintenance personnel working with petroleum products and equipment.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience with petroleum testing, instrumentation calibration, and field operations. Learners will perform density and viscosity tests, calibrate flow meters and pressure transmitters, conduct tank gauging, and participate in a simulated pipeline leak detection exercise.

Practical Activities

• Petroleum Product Testing — Learners conduct API gravity, flash point, and viscosity tests on crude oil and refined products using standard laboratory equipment. (4h)
• Instrument Calibration — Learners calibrate a pressure transmitter and a temperature sensor using a deadweight tester and dry block calibrator. (4h)
• Tank Gauging and Loading Operations — Learners manually gauge a storage tank using a tape and automatic tank gauge, then simulate loading a road tanker with proper safety checks. (4h)
• Pipeline Leak Detection Simulation — Using a training skid, learners simulate a pipeline leak, apply pressure test procedures, and use a portable gas detector to locate the leak. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.