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Hazardous Materials Transportation - General Awareness and Security Awareness 2025 (49 CFR) (Course)

This course is intended to fulfill the US Department of Transportation (DOT) general awareness and security awareness training requirements found in the 49 CFR for employees responsible for the handling, preparing, shipping or transportation of hazmat.
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.

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 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

Pre-requisite: None required
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

Table Of Contents

• Recognizing dangerous goods using examples of packagings, marks, labels, placards and DG shipping documents
• Handling DG and accident prevention
• Understanding the concept of emergency response
• Dangerous goods transportation security awareness