The staff of any organization handles hydrocarbon products such as oil companies, shipping, port authorities and government agencies that supervise these activities should be trained on how to prevent, manage, and response oil spills. In addition to trained staff, continues training programs are required to maintain the level of readiness required for responding to small and major oil spills.

Interactive Oil Spill Training Center “IOSTC” of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; specializes in delivering cost effective training in oil spill response and management, and consulting services in the areas of contingency planning and environmental impact assessment.

IOSTC's professional team has extensive world-wide experience in the fields of marine and land oil spill response operations, oil spill management, oil spill contingency planning, oil spill response training, environmental and marine science, and computer science.

IOSTC works with its clients to define their training needs and develop appropriate training courses including classroom, interactive, and field training. In addition IOSTC develops training management systems to facilitate and enhance environmental management and in so doing improve both efficiency and safety.