Hazardous Materials Training

Course Description: Hazardous Materials Training is a 2-day seminar which centers on regulatory training.  The unique, function-specific format provides greater understanding and better retention.  The seminar helps fulfill the 49 CFR Part 172 Subpart H recurrent training requirements.

Course Benefits:

Through this course, you’ll learn to:

1. Use the hazmat table and identify hazmat classes;
2. Mark bulk and non-bulk packaging and packages;
3. Label and placard and prepare shipping papers;
4. Properly load and unload vehicles; and
5. Prepare your drivers for a roadside inspection.

Who should attend? Anyone involved in hazardous materials preparation and transportation, including:

• Fleet safety professionals
• Drivers
• Dockworkers
• Billing clerks

Every employee involved in shipping, transporting or handling hazardous materials should receive training. The training must be updated whenever there is a regulation change affecting an employee’s job tasks.  Hazardous materials training must be repeated at least every 36 months.