Spill Control and Spill Kit Training
Do your staff know how to effectively deal with chemical spills?
Workplace spills are unpredictable, and the first few minutes often decide how much harm is done. Do your staff have the skills and knowledge to contain a chemical or general spill safely?
Contact our team about practical spill kit training for your workplace today.
Professional spill response training for your workplace
Oils, fuels, solvents, and cleaning chemicals turn up in more workplaces than people expect, and each one behaves differently once it hits the floor. Our spill kit training gives your staff the judgment to tell those situations apart and respond to each one correctly, from a small general spill to a hazardous chemical release.
We deliver spill response training to organisations of every size across Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, and the rest of Australia, and our courses run at your premises.
Call us on 1300 803 473 for an obligation-free quote.
Training Summary - what you need to know
Frequency: Every 1 year
Training Covers:
- Protecting the environment
- The role of the EPA
- Consequences of a spill
- Identifying and using spill control equipment
- The different spill kits
- Responding to spills
- Reporting spill incident
Class Size: Up to 15 participants per class
Course Duration: 1 hr
Location: Your premises
Course outline
Rather than working through theory alone, the course moves between what staff need to understand and what they need to physically do, so the response feels familiar when it counts. Topics include:
Spotting a spill early and conducting a risk assessment before continuing
Why uncontrolled spills matter, covering environmental harm and the role of the EPA
Matching the appropriate method, spill kit, and absorbent materials to the substance involved
Containing the spread, then cleaning up general and hazardous waste safely
Wearing personal protective equipment and interpreting safety data sheets
Spill kit use and maintenance, so kits stay stocked and ready between incidents
Working through clear emergency procedures as a team
Recording and reporting the incident the right way
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Course Outline - Topics Your Team Will Learn
The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 requires businesses to take reasonable steps—through due diligence—to prevent spills and effectively manage those that still occur. In most workplaces, this comes down to three key actions: understanding the risks associated with stored substances, ensuring appropriate spill kits are accessible, and making sure staff are trained to use them.
The final element is where spill control training proves critical. Equipment alone is not enough—it is only effective when someone can respond confidently and without hesitation. Well-trained staff can significantly limit the impact of a spill. They act quickly to contain it before it reaches drains or walkways, carry out safe and thorough clean-up procedures, and document the incident correctly. This protects personnel, minimises damage to assets and infrastructure, and reduces environmental harm.
Embedding this level of spill preparedness into your workforce is far more efficient and cost-effective than responding to an uncontrolled spill after it has escalated.
Why choose Australian Fire Protection for spill training?
Hands-on from the start
We put the kit in your team's hands early, so staff practise containing a real spill instead of just hearing about it.
Matched to your site
We build each course around the oils, fuels, and chemicals you actually store. From shopping centres to aged-care facilities, schools, factories, hospitals, retail outlets, child care centres, and budget accommodation, the spill risks differ, so we shape the training to suit.
Decades of experience
More than thirty years of experience in fire extinguisher training and emergency response sit behind our spill kit training.
Trainers who know your industry
We have run sessions in schools, hospitals, aged-care, factories, warehouses, and retail, and understand the risks in each.
We come to you
With onsite spill training, your team learns using your own storage areas, kits, and procedures.
Iron Clad Guarantee
Not satisfied? We will redo the course with a new trainer for free, or refund you less the admin fee, within ninety days.
Spill control and spill kit training Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and beyond
Spill control and spill kit training Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and beyond
Our home service area covers Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Tweed Heads, Grafton, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, and Ballina, and we are on the road regularly. If you sit outside that region, it is rarely a problem, since we travel widely across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, the Northern Territory, and beyond to reach workplaces that need training.
Get in touch, and we will talk through your site, your risks, and the most practical way to train your team.
Call us on 1300 80 3473 and we will see what we can do for you!
100% IRON CLAD GUARANTEE
Australian Fire Protection now offers a 100% Iron Clad Guarantee for all training.
AFP offers high industry standard training and guarantees that you will walk away trained effectively and satisfied.
If you are not completely satisfied, we offer to send a New Trainer completely free to redo the course or a refund less the administration fee after 90 days.
We wouldn't offer this guarantee if we didn't believe we are great at what we do.