Hazardous Materials Transportation - General Awareness and Security Awareness 2024 (49 CFR) (Course)
Learning Objectives / Modules:
- General Awareness. Provide employees with the hazardous material transport requirements of 49 CFR, including:
- Recognizing & identifying hazardous materials
- Protective packaging
- Hazard communication: marking, labels, placards
- Documentation
- Loading & segregation
- Freight securement
- Handling / accident prevention
- Emergency response
- Security Awareness. Provide employees with an awareness of the security risks associated with the transportation of hazardous materials and their role in enhancing hazardous materials transportation security.
Hazmat employees with job responsibilities for shipping, logistics, management, and freight forwarders who prepare, handle, ship, or transport hazardous materials by ground to, from or within the US. This may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- warehouse staff that are packing hazardous materials
- office staff that are preparing shipments of hazmat
- employees responsible for ordering hazmat shipping supplies (i.e. marks, labels, packaging, etc.)
- pick/packers
- logistics staff marking, labeling packages
- logistics staff loading/unloading hazmat/DG
- employees preparing, or validating/signing, hazmat shipping documents
- staff providing or offering placards or placarded loads
- supervisors with hazmat transportation compliance responsibilities
- customer service staff or procurement staff that are addressing customer’s hazmat returns
Required & Recommended Regulatory Resources:
Click this link for a list of the recommended regulatory resources for this course: Required & Recommended Resources
Course Features:
- Run Time: 0h45
- Language: English
- Includes final assessment to validate student’s understanding of material
- Training certificate will be issued upon successful completion of course
- Note: Upon issuance, the training certificate must be signed by both the employee and the employer.
Keywords: 49 CFR, General Awareness, security awareness, Shipping, packaging, Labeling, marking, hazardous materials transportation course, hazardous materials transportation certification, hazardous materials transportation training, shipping courses, DOT Training, Hazardous Materials Transportation
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Hazardous Materials Transportation - General Awareness and Security Awareness 2024 (49 CFR) (Course)
The Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods General Awareness and Security Awareness Training Program is a professional, technically proven training program developed by the professionals at Currie Associates. This all-inclusive DOT training curriculum provides everything needed to meet DOT requirements for General Awareness and Security Awareness Training (49 CFR §172.704) while maintaining the interest of your trainees.
The DOT general awareness training program is a high-quality medium that ensures coverage of all the significant compliance requirements. Training examples and test questions will help facilitate understanding of hazardous materials transport requirements and will satisfy the general awareness and security awareness training qualification as required by the DOT.
Learning Objective(s)
- Ensuring hazmat employees are familiar with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR) and can recognize and identify hazardous materials.
- Familiarity of security awareness requirements and your role in hazardous materials security.
Target Audience
Hazmat employees with job responsibilities for shipping, logistics, management, and freight forwarders who prepare, handle, ship, or transport hazardous materials by ground to, from or within the US. This may include but are not limited to the following:
- warehouse staff that are packaging hazardous materials,
- office staff that are shipping hazardous materials;
- pick/packers,
- logistics staff marking, labeling packages
- employees preparing hazmat shipping documents or validating/signing shipping documents;
- staff providing placards;
- supervisors with hazmat transportation compliance responsibilities
- customer service staff or procurement staff that are addressing customers’ returns of hazmat.
Topic areas covered in the training include:
- Recognizing Hazardous Materials
- Protective Packaging
- Hazard Communication: marking, labels, placards
- Documentation
- Loading & Segregation
- Freight Securement
- Handling/Accident Prevention
- Emergency Response
- Hazmat Transportation Security Awareness
Regulatory Texts & References Required
- None
Recommended Resources
- 49 CFR Regulations (October 1, 2023) – free download or book available for purchase
- DOT Chart 17 – free download
- Emergency Response Guidebook 2020 – free download
Pre-requisites
- None required
Course Features
- Run Time: 0h45
- Language: English
- Includes final assessment to validate student’s understanding of material
- Training certificate will be issued upon successful completion of course
