Does anybody know of a firm who run Fuel Tanker Training courses? I hold full ADR in tanks but am wanting a course which teachs unloading the tanker, loading, how to work all the bells and whistles on the tanker etc !? I’m willing to pay and location is no problem.
Any one got any ideas?? 
Stalwart9:
Does anybody know of a firm who run Fuel Tanker Training courses? I hold full ADR in tanks but am wanting a course which teachs unloading the tanker, loading, how to work all the bells and whistles on the tanker etc !? I’m willing to pay and location is no problem.Any one got any ideas??
I have that licence too,but didn’t look for a Job as UK handels the Direction differend.
I have a bottom loading card for Conoco IPC terminal at Immingham, and as far as I am aware (and I could be wrong), the only way you can gain this experience is get a job with a company who is willing to train you, as one problem is no two companys tankers are quite alike, the difference being very minor in a lot of cases, and what you are carrying makes a big difference on how to discharge/load them, ring round the people you fancy working for, you could get a pleasant suprise.
i agree with mr. rope, some tanks differ quite a bit, having recently passed my adr i was lucky enough to get taken on by a firm & got loads of training on different kinds. i would think a good employer would see that you are competent on the types of tank they use before letting you loose on your own. good luck
Welcome to TruckNet UK Stalwart9 
You need to get a job within the oil industry to get the training you require.Try ringing your local oil terminal and try and find a company that will take you on.This is the only way to get this training as you have to be terminal and lorry trained.
Try Hoyer International Logistics in Huddersfield. They operate the Esso and Shell contracts in the UK ( amongst other tank contracts) and may have some opportunities around and about your area.
Good Luck
Guy Rope:
I have a bottom loading card for Conoco IPC terminal at Immingham, and as far as I am aware (and I could be wrong), the only way you can gain this experience is get a job with a company who is willing to train you, as one problem is no two companys tankers are quite alike, the difference being very minor in a lot of cases, and what you are carrying makes a big difference on how to discharge/load them, ring round the people you fancy working for, you could get a pleasant suprise.
Its even worse than that. I’m on milk tankers and in the one yard I’m at, there’s four or five different types of tanker that all need to be treated just that little bit differently.
In a long career, liquid tankers and car transporters are the only things I’ve never touched, so tell me. Is there a legal qualification for driving a tanker or is it just for the carrying of hazardous?
Carried loads of hazardous in my time, but never in a tank, well not liquid anyway.
Salut, David.
No you can drive a tanker on your licence without any special qualification,BUT the technique of tanker driving is different, things you can get away with on a taught or tilt would have you upside down in a tanker, empty, no problem , full be wary, half full can be lethal.
There are far more experienced tanker men on here than me and I have no doubt they can answer your questions better.
i done fuel tankers in the airforce and the training was done in house with no recognised qualification awarded.
now im driving a powder tanker and again i received the training inhouse and have to be tested every three years (company policy) but once again there is no recognised qualification awarded.
the firm you work for will give you all the training you need.
good luck.
If its not to far for you to go there is a company in Doncaster you could ring who have been known to give training to new tanker drivers.
Its called PERTHDOWN 01302 351378.
If you are expecting big money on the fuel distribution side dont hold your breath, the good money jobs are sown up, BUT get in with one of the minnows like Perthdown, get your loading card, dont end up in a ditch with your wheels in the air, and dont drop Derv into a petrol tank or vice versa (BIG BIG SIN) and if there are any good jobs come up, and they do, you are in the right place.
Its a tearing about job, they usually want two full drops a shift 10/12 hours but depending on the refinery you can queue for a while to load, I got £10 hour all hours, but I was only carrying Gas oil or Diesel, one drawback was the motors were small engined 380 units and struggled at 44 tons, they use ERF, MAN, trucks in the industry so the weight is kept down, Hoyer have day cab Scanias most of them use stuff like that and they are usualy very well maintained but have more miles on them than Apollo 5.
Thanks for all the advise, at least ive got a starting point now!!