Petroleum Academy Courses
Practical downstream petroleum training for wholesalers, retailers, depot teams, developers, fuel handlers, managers and petroleum professionals.
Course architecture
Petroleum Academy is structured as a commercial training ladder: free introductory education, practical short courses, bundles, certificate pathways, flagship programmes and corporate training. Courses are marketed through Petroleum Academy and delivered through Teachy infrastructure.
1. Practical short courses
Focused petroleum skills courses at approximately R899 each, designed for quick upskilling and modular learning.
2. Bundles
Grouped short courses for a specific role or business need, such as fuel quality, wholesaler essentials or compliance.
3. Flagship programmes
Higher-value structured programmes with broader curriculum, resources, assessment and certificate pathway.
Core Petroleum Academy programmes
Petroleum Wholesale Executive Programme
Commercial, operational and regulatory training for wholesalers, traders, entrepreneurs and business owners entering or scaling wholesale fuel trading.
- Wholesale business model
- Regulatory and licence awareness
- Supply, storage and logistics
- Pricing, margin and commercial risk
- Customer acquisition and documentation
Petrol Station Development & Investment Programme
Practical training for developers, investors, landowners and entrepreneurs evaluating petrol station opportunities.
- Site selection and feasibility
- Traffic and volume thinking
- Licensing pathway
- Financial modelling and NPV logic
- Development risk and decision gates
Petroleum Product Quality Testing Programme
Field-level product quality, sampling, density, water detection, documentation and escalation training.
- Fuel quality risks
- Sampling and visual inspection
- Hydrometer and density testing
- Water contamination checks
- Incident records and lab escalation
Petroleum AI Executive Programme
Executive AI training for petroleum business owners and managers who want practical AI workflows for compliance, operations, sales and decision-making.
- AI tools and prompt engineering
- Compliance and document workflows
- Sales, operations and reporting
- AI governance and human oversight
- Petroleum AI Office implementation
Practical petroleum short-course library
Short courses are designed as focused, practical learning assets. They can be sold individually, bundled into pathways, included as FWA/PetroleumAI member benefits, or used inside corporate training rollouts.
| Short course | Practical focus | Ideal learner |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel Quality Testing Fundamentals | Core fuel testing concepts, visual inspection, records and escalation. | Fuel handlers, retailers, wholesalers, depot teams |
| Diesel Density & Temperature Correction | Hydrometer readings, density awareness, temperature effect and practical correction logic. | Testing staff, depot teams, quality-control users |
| Water Contamination in Fuel | Water ingress, tank dipping, water detection paste, symptoms and response steps. | Retailers, depots, transporters, fuel users |
| Sampling Fundamentals | Clean sampling, retained samples, chain-of-custody basics and evidence discipline. | Anyone handling fuel quality complaints |
| Petroleum Licence Fundamentals | South African petroleum licence types, role boundaries and common misunderstandings. | New entrants, admin teams, entrepreneurs |
| Wholesale Licence Compliance | Wholesale licence obligations, documents, storage, transport, insurance and annual discipline. | Licensed wholesalers and applicants |
| Storage Fundamentals | Depot access, storage letters, capacity logic, operational limitations and documentation. | Wholesale applicants, depot owners, compliance teams |
| Supplier Due Diligence | Company checks, licence checks, storage/transport checks, red flags and supplier risk. | Buyers, wholesalers, procurement teams |
| Fuel Pricing & Margins | Basic regulated pricing awareness, margin thinking, transport, storage and deal economics. | Wholesale traders, owners, sales teams |
| Fraud & Risk Awareness | Common petroleum scams, false documents, impossible pricing, supplier risks and controls. | All petroleum businesses |
| Service Station Operations | Forecourt discipline, wet-stock awareness, service, shop linkages and operating controls. | Retail owners, managers and staff |
| Introduction to Petroleum AI | Practical AI use cases, safe prompting and AI workflows for petroleum professionals. | Owners, managers and admin teams |
| AI for Petroleum Compliance | Using AI to organise compliance records, review documents and prepare control checklists. | Compliance/admin/licensing teams |
| AI for Petroleum Sales & Operations | AI-assisted follow-up, proposals, meeting notes, reporting and workflow discipline. | Sales teams, managers and operators |
Indicative short-course pricing: approximately R899 per course, subject to final checkout and launch configuration.
Course bundles and certificate pathways
Fuel Quality & Testing Bundle
Fuel Quality Testing Fundamentals, Diesel Density & Temperature Correction, Water Contamination in Fuel and Sampling Fundamentals.
Petroleum Wholesaler Essentials
Petroleum Licence Fundamentals, Wholesale Licence Compliance, Storage Fundamentals, Supplier Due Diligence and Fuel Pricing & Margins.
Petroleum Compliance Bundle
Petroleum Licence Fundamentals, Wholesale Licence Compliance, Storage Fundamentals, Supplier Due Diligence and Fraud & Risk Awareness.
Petroleum AI Skills Bundle
Introduction to Petroleum AI, AI for Petroleum Compliance and AI for Petroleum Sales & Operations.
Service Station Operations Bundle
Service Station Operations, Fuel Quality Testing Fundamentals, Water Contamination in Fuel, Fuel Pricing & Margins and Fraud & Risk Awareness.
Certificate pathways
Multiple short courses can be grouped into Petroleum Academy certificate pathways. Assessed pathways may lead to a Certificate of Competence; non-assessed courses lead to a Certificate of Completion.
Corporate and group training
Businesses can enrol teams into specific courses, bundles or structured programmes. Corporate training can support onboarding, compliance awareness, product-quality procedures, wholesale operations, fuel-station development, AI adoption and internal operating discipline.
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