Contractor Safety Training

As a satellite location of the Safety Council of Texas City (SCTC), SouthernTech provides site specific safety training to contract workers to work at oil refineries throughout the United States, including the Valero Ardmore Refinery. This training includes both online and instructor-led. The list and description of online training courses that are currently available can be found below.

Regular Hours of Operation:

Monday - Friday
7:00am - 3:00pm

Contractor Safety Training - Dates Closed

May 26, 2025
- Memorial Day
Jul 4, 2025
- Independence Day - Campus Closed
Sep 1, 2025
- Labor Day
Oct 17, 2025
- Fall Break
Oct 20, 2025
- Fall Break

View All Contractor Safety Training - Dates Closed

Valero Ardmore Refinery Site Specific (19VRARD)

Offered during all Contractor Safety hours of operation as listed above
On-site registration (In-person only)
1.25 hours CBT* Presentation and Exam

Note: Both courses will only be available at Southern Tech, Ardmore during regular business hours.

Additional CBT Safety Training Available

Safety & Oil/Gas Training
On-site registration (In-person only)

Payment Methods Accepted

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Personal Check
Cash

Altair

BASF

Born

Brock

Test	Code	Price
Brock Group Module 1 Safety Orientation	19BSAFE	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 2 HSEQ Annual Training	19BG1YR	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 3 HSEQ Annual Training	19BG3YR	$ 20.00
Brock Group Module 5 Coatings	19BGCTS	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 6 Scaffold Erectors & Dismantlers	19BGSCAF	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 7 Insulation	19BGINSU	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 1 Safety Orientation Spanish	19BSAFES	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 2 HSEQ Annual Training Spanish	19BG1YRS	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 3 HSEQ Annual Training Spanish	19BG3YRS	$ 20.00
Brock Group Module 5 Coatings Spanish	19BGCTSP	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 6 Scaffold Erectors & Dismantlers Spanish	19BGSCAS	$ 15.00
Brock Group Module 7 Insulation Spanish	19BGINSS	$ 15.00

DOW Chemical

Test	Code	Price
Dow SCO Basic Site Specific	08SCOSSB	$ 70.00
Dow SCO Hand Held Portable Tool Standard	08SCOHHP	$ 25.00
Dow SCO Hydrocarbons 23-24 Turnaround Orientation	08SCOHCP	$ 25.00
Dow SCO Isolation of Energy Sources	08SCOIES	$ 20.00
Dow SCO Scaffold User	08SCOSU	$ 25.00
Dow SCO Three Points of Contact	08SCOPOC	$ 25.00

Formosa Plastics

Test	Code	Price
Formosa Plastics Corporation Site Specific	19FPCORT	$ 15.00
Formosa Plastics Corporation Cryogenic Safety Awareness	19FPCCRY	$ 15.00
Formosa Plastics Corporation Chromium VI	19FPCCHR	$ 20.00
Formosa Plastics Corporation PSM Group 3	19FPCGP3	$ 20.00
Formosa Plastics Corporation PSM Group 5	19FPCGP5	$ 15.00
Formosa Plastics Corporation Hazardous Energy Control for Contractors	19FPCHAZ	$ 15.00
Formosa Plastics Corporation Nitrogen Awareness	19FPCNIT	$ 15.00
Formosa Plastics Corporation Contractor Safety Lead	19FPCSL	$ 15.00
Formosa Plastics Corporation Permitting for Contractors	19FPCSWP	$ 15.00

HollyFrontier

Test	Code	Price
HollyFrontier Life Saving Principles	24HFLSP	$ 40.00
HollyFrontier Site Specific Orientation – Artesia, NM	24HFNAV	$ 40.00
HollyFrontier Site Orientation – Tulsa, OK Pre-requisites: 24HFLSP and SSV	24HFTUL	$ 35.00
HollyFrontier Navajo Refinery Site-Specific	19HFNRSS	$ 30.00
HollyFrontier Navajo Refinery Fire Watch and Confined Space Attendant	19HFNRFC	$ 20.00
HollyFrontier Navajo HF Alky Orientation	19HFNRHF	$ 20.00
HollyFrontier Site Specific Orientation – Cheyenne, WY	24HFCHY	$ 35.00

HydroChem

Test	Code	Price
HydroChem Adv Air Machines Part 1	12HCAAM1	$ 35.00
HydroChem Adv Air Machines Part 2	12HCAAM2	$ 35.00
HydroChem Adv Air Machines Part 3	12HCAAM3	$ 35.00
HydroChem Adv Hydroblasting Part 1	12HCAHB1	$ 35.00
HydroChem Adv Hydroblasting Part 2	12HCAHB2	$ 35.00
HydroChem Adv Liq Vacuum Tank Part 1	12HCALV1	$ 35.00
HydroChem Adv Liq Vacuum Tank Part 2	12HCALV2	$ 35.00
HydroChem Basic Air Machines	12HCBAM	$ 35.00
HydroChem Basic Liquid Vacuum Tank	12HCBLVT	$ 35.00
HydroChem Course 7 Hydroblasting Ma	12HCBLMT	$ 35.00
Hydrochem Course 8 Vaccuum Maint	12HCVCMT	$ 35.00
HydroChem DOT Entry Level Driver	12HCELD	$ 35.00
HydroChem DOT Hazmat	12HCDTHZ	$ 35.00
HydroChem DOT Hours of Service	12HCHOS	$ 35.00
HydroChem DOT Pre/Post Vehicle	12HCPTVI	$ 35.00
HydroChem Hazwoper I	12HCHAZ1	$ 35.00
HydroChem Hazwoper II	12HCHAZ2	$ 35.00
HydroChem Hazwoper III	12HCHAZ3	$ 35.00
HydroChem Hydroblast Safety	12HCBLAS	$ 35.00
HydroChem New Hire	12HYNH	$ 35.00
HydroChem Pipe Cleaning	12HCPCN	$ 35.00
HydroChem - PSC Confined Space	12HCCST	$ 30.00
Hydrochem Reasonable Suspicion	12HCRS	$ 35.00
HydroChem Surface Cleaning	12HCSFCN	$ 35.00
HydroChem Tube Cleaning	12HCTBCN	$ 35.00
HydroChem Vacuum Safety	12HCVAC	$ 35.00

LyondellBasell

Test	Code	Price
LyondellBasell Channelview Complex Site	19CVO	$ 25.00
LyondellBasell Crane and Rigging Orientation	19LYBCR	$ 20.00
LyondellBasell La Porte Complex Contractor Orientation	19EQULPO	$ 20.00
LyondellBasell Equistar Site-Specific	03ES	$ 55.00
LyondellBasell Houston Refining	19LHR	$ 25.00
LyondellBasell Morris CBT	28LCC	$ 25.00

Phillips 66

Test	Code	Price
Phillips 66 Borger Contractor Orientation	15P66BOR	$ 45.00
Phillips 66 SFR Contractor Site Specific Orientation	19P66SFRC	$ 25.00
Phillips 66 Sweeny Level 1	04PHM1	$ 35.00
Phillips 66 Sweeny Level 2	04PHM2	$ 50.00
Phillips 66 Ponca City Fall Protection	19P66PFP	$ 20.00
Phillips 66 Ponca City HF Acid	19P66PHF	$ 20.00
Phillips 66 Ponca City Site-Specific Low Risk	19P66PSL	$ 40.00
Phillips 66 Ponca City Site-Specific High Risk	19P66PSS	$ 35.00

SAF

Test	Code	Price
SAF Asbestos	12SAFASB	$ 30.00
SAF Confined Space (Awareness)	12SAFCS	$ 50.00
SAF Fall Protection	12SAFFPC	$ 30.00
SAF Forklift Safety	12SAFFPC	$ 30.00
SAF Hazard Communication	12SAFHZC	$ 30.00
SAF Lockout/Tagout	12SAFLTO	$ 30.00
SAF Respiratory Protection	12SAFRES	$ 50.00
SAF Scaffolding	12SAFSCF	$ 30.00

Safety Essentials

Test	Code	Price
Safety Essentials®	SE-SAFE	$ 35.00
Safety Essentials® Espanol	SE-SAFES	$ 35.00
Safety Essentials® Enhancer	SE-SAFER	$ 25.00
Safety Essentials® Enhancer Espanol	SE-SAFERS	$ 25.00
Safety Essentials® : Asbestos Awareness	SE-ASBT	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Basic Gas Monitoring	SE-BGM	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Basic Rigging	SE-RIG	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Benzene Awareness	SE-BENZ	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Bloodborne Pathogens	SE-BBP	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials®: Bottle Watch Attendant	SE-BWTC	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Cold Stress Awareness	SE-COLD	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety	SE-CGCY	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Confined Space	SE-CS	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Dropped Objects	SE-DROP	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Electrical Safety	SE-ELEC	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Elevated Work	SE-ELW	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Excavation Safety	SE-EXCA	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Fall Protection	SE-FALL	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Fire Extinguisher Safety	SE-EXTS	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials®: Fire Watch	SE-FIRE	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Forklift Safety	SE-FORK	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Hand & Portable Tool Safety	SE-HTOL	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Hazard Communication	SE-HAZC	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Hearing Conservation	SE-HEAR	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Heat Stress Awareness	SE-HEAT	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Heavy Equipment Operator	SE-HVEQ	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Hydrogen Sulfide Awareness	SE-H2S	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Ladder Safety	SE-LADD	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Line of Fire	SE-LOF	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Lockout Tagout	SE-LOTO	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Maritime Security Awareness	SE-MARSEC	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : NORM	SE-NORM	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Respiratory Protection	SE-RESP	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Scaffold User	SE-SCAF	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Silica Awareness	SE-SIL	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Spotter Safety	SE-SPOT	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Vehicle Safety	SE-VEH	$ 15.00
Safety Essentials® : Workplace Violence Prevention	SE-WPVP	$ 15.00

Stronghold

Total Safety

Turn2

Valero

Test	Code	Price
Valero Refining Site Specific - Ardmore, OK	19VRARD	$ 30.00
Valero Houston Refinery Contractor Safety Orientation	19VALERO	$ 35.00
Valero Corpus Christi Site Specific	03VR	$ 85.00
Valero 3 Rivers Alky - CSCCB	03VTRA	$ 30.00
Valero 3 Rivers-CSCCB	03VTRS	$ 55.00
Valero St. Charles Refinery	08VALERO	$ 35.00
Valero Memphis Site Orientation	20VLEO1	$ 35.00
Valero Memphis Lockout Tagout	20VLEO2	$ 30.00
Valero Memphis Confined Space	20VLEO3	$ 30.00
Valero Memphis Bundle Pad Operations	20VLEO4	$ 30.00
Valero Memphis LDAR Awareness	20VLEO5	$ 30.00
Valero Memphis VVP Training	20VLEO7	$ 25.00
Valero Memphis Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Awareness	20H2S01	$ 35.00
Valero Meraux Site Specific	08VALMX	$ 40.00
Valero Port Arthur Site Specific	09VRPA	$ 65.00
Valero Pipeline and Terminals Safety Orientation	19VALPT	$ 20.00
Valero Texas City	07VR	$ 30.00

Other

Test	Code	Price
Air Liquide Work Permitting Process	19ALSWP	$ 20.00
Arcelormittal Safety Lead	03VA	$ 25.00
Arcelormittal Site Safety Orientation	03VSSO1	$ 25.00
Asbestos Awareness - CSCCB	03AWW	$ 45.00
Benzene	03BZ	$ 25.00
Celanese Clear Lake Safe Work	19CLPSWP	$ 20.00
Chevron Pascagoula Contractors Safety Orientation Site Specific 1	08PASC01	$ 45.00
Chevron Pascagoula Contractors Safety Orientation Site Specific 2	08PASC02	$ 65.00
CHS Laurel Refinery Site-Specific	19CHS	$ 20.00
CHS McPherson Refinery Safety Orientation	19CHSMCP	$ 25.00
Contech Control Services Company-Specific	19CONCS	$ 30.00
Cust-O-Fab New Employee Orientation	19COF	$ 30.00
Delek BSR Orientation	14DELKBS	$ 45.00
Delek Tyler Refinery Contractor Orientation	05DELEK	$ 55.00
Eastman Chemical (TXO) Confined Space Permit	05TXOCS	$ 50.00
Eastman Chemical (TXO) Longview Site	05TXO	$ 70.00
Enterprise Products – Norco Facility	12ENTNC	$ 35.00
ExxonMobil Site Orientation - Baton Rouge	12EXMOBR	$ 40.00
ExxonMobil BRPP Work Permit Acceptor Training	12XOMPPA	$ 25.00
Fall Protection User CBT	28FPCBT	$ 30.00
Flint Hills Resource Safe Work Practices	03FHRSWP	$ 25.00
Flint Hills Safety Lead	03FL	$ 30.00
Flint Hills Site	03FS	$ 35.00
GHS - Intro to the Globally Harmonized System	1213GHS	$ 30.00
HF Sinclair Tulsa Refinery Site Orientation	19HFTRSO	$ 25.00
Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Contractor Orientation	19HFOTCO	$ 20.00
Hurst Construction New Hire Orientation	19HURST	$ 40.00
Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)	03HS	$ 20.00
Hytorc - Principles of Safe Bolting	12HYTORC	$ 30.00
Indorama Ventures Dayton Contractor Orientation	19INDOCO	$ 20.00
Indorama Ventures Dayton IT Security	19INDOIT	$ 20.00
ISC Constructors New Employee Orientation	12ISCNEO	$ 55.00
Life Saving Golden Rules	03LSGR	$ 30.00
Marathon Illinois Refining Safety Orientation	12MARIRD	$ 45.00
Marsec CSCCB	03MRSEC	$ 20.00
Maxim Crane Works Safety Orientation	19MAXIM	$ 30.00
Methanex Site Orientation (Geismar, LA)	12MTHNX	$ 25.00
ParFab Field Services Safety Training	19PARFAB	$ 40.00
Praxair Plant Specific External	07PRXAIR	$ 40.00
Praxair Site Orientation Geismar	12PRAXGE	$ 25.00
Safety Essentials	SE-SAFE	$ 45.00
Scaffold User	03SC	$ 45.00
SPX Bolting Systems Hydraulic Torquing	19SPXTQ	$ 30.00
Turnaround Welding Services	19TWS	$ 30.00
Westlake Chemical Site Orientation	12WLKPLQ	$ 35.00
Westlake Group	13WSTLKE	$ 35.00
Westlake North/South Firewatch/Holewatch	13WLNSFW	$ 40.00
Westlake South Site Specific	13WSTLKS	$ 75.00

Test	Code	Price
Altair Strickland Safety Training	19ALTAIR	$ 35.00
Altair Strickland Hand Signal Person	19ALHSP	$ 30.00
Altair Strickland Corrosion Under Insulation	19ALCUI	$ 30.00
Altair Strickland Disease Outbreak Awareness	19ASDOA	$ 30.00

Test	Code	Price
BASF Level 1 - BASF Site Orientation	04BASF01	$ 30.00
BASF Level 2 - BASF Freeport - Process Area Worker Training	04BASF02	$ 30.00
BASF Driver - BASF Freeport - On-Site Driver Training	04BASFDR	$ 20.00
BASF Safe Work Permit Acceptor Training	04BASFSW	$ 30.00

Test	Code	Price
Stronghold First Line Break Fundamentals	19SUFLP	$ 20.00
Stronghold - General Safety & Health Annual Refresher	19SHC	$ 30.00
Stronghold - Specialty Front Line Management Training	19SHCFLM	$ 35.00
Stronghold Companies Video Training Series	19SHCSVS	$ 30.00

Test	Code	Price
Turn2 Specialty Companies Annual Safety Orientation	19TURN2	$ 40.00
Turn2 Specialty Companies Mechanical Assess	19T2MECH	$ 30.00
Turn2 Specialty Companies Pipe Fabricator Assessment	19T2PIPE	$ 30.00
Turn2 Specialty Companies Instrumentation Assessment	19T2INST	$ 30.00

Contractor Safety Training

Regular Hours of Operation:

Contractor Safety Training - Dates Closed

May 26, 2025

Jul 4, 2025

Sep 1, 2025

Oct 17, 2025

Oct 20, 2025

Valero Ardmore Refinery Site Specific (19VRARD)

Additional CBT Safety Training Available

Payment Methods Accepted