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SPECIALIZED COURSES FOR HAZMAT DRIVERS
These courses are also yours for unlimited use – proactively or for post-incident support – as part of the Driver’s Alert SMART RISK™ Program, and are by far the most effective safety training courses available anywhere.
These courses are all yours for unlimited use – proactively or for post-incident support – as part of the Driver’s Alert SMART RISK™ Program.
Course Titles and Highlights
HAZMAT: Introduction
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0.28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- Terms used throughout Hazardous Materials Transportation
- Training Modules
- How to look up a definition
- Definition of Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)
- Facts about Hazardous Materials
- The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR)
- Who must comply with HMR?
- Compliance
- HAZMAT Training
- Training overview
HAZMAT: The Hazardous Materials Table
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- Interpreting the Materials Table
HAZMAT: Shipping Papers
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- Proper Shipping Name
- Hazard Class or Division
- ID Number
- Packing Group (PG)
- Total Quantity and Unit of Measurement
- Required Additional information
- Shipper Certification
- Emergency Contact Telephone Number
- Emergency Response Information
HAZMAT: Packaging
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- Who is required to comply with the HMR
- Packaging
- Definitions
- Package vs. Packaging
- Package Inspection
- Offerer's Responsibility
- Identifying the Hazardous Waste Packaging - Column 8 of the HMT
- Limited Quantities (Class 3)
- Exceptions
- Non-Bulk Packaging
- Paragraph Headings and other sections
- Packaging for Flammable Liquid (Non-Bulk)
- UN Standard Packaging
- Special Provisions (HMT Column 7)
- General Package requirements
- Air shipments
HAZMAT: Packaging Exemptions and Exceptions
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- Packaging small quantities
- Agricultural products
- Agricultural products transported within 150 miles of the farm
- Materials of trade (or MOTS0 (HRM Section 173.6)
- Materials of trade exceptions
- Materials of trade packaging requirements
- Lab packs
- Lab packs outside packaging
- Prohibited in lab packs
- Leaking or damaged hazardous materials packages
- Salvage drums
- Packaging hazardous water (solid or semi-solid)
- DOD packaging
- Packaging exemptions
- Special requirements packages and overpacks
- Overpacks
- Reuse of packaging
- Empty packaging
- Forbidden packages and materials
HAZMAT: Marking and Labeling
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- The importance of the proper shipping name
- The identification number (ID no)
- The specifications of UN marks
- Required Information
- Instructions and/or cautions
HAZMAT: Placarding
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- The specific rules for when placarding is or is not required
HAZMAT: Carrier Requirements – Highway
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- The Hazardous Materials Regulations (or HMR) found in 49 CFR Part 177, Subpart A
- Types of motor carriers
- The requirements of the FMCSR in 49 CFR Part 177, Subpart A
- The applicable requirements of the FMCSR in 49 CFR Parts 350-399
HAZMAT: Carrier Requirements – Air
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- The requirements for offering (as a shipper or passenger)
- Accepting and/or transporting hazardous materials
- Details of the requirements for air transportation as covered in Parts 171, 172, 173, and 175 of the HMR
- The requirements unique to packaging for air transportation
HAZMAT: Carrier Requirements – Rail
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- Terminology
- Acceptance
- Inspections
- Disposition of Shipments
- Bulk Packaging
- Items Approved by the Federal Railroad Administration
- Segregation of Hazardous Materials
- Loading and unloading hazardous materials
- Leakage
- Loading Class 1 Explosives
- Required documentation
- Markings and placards
- Switching
- Restrictions
- Train placement
- Maximum speed
- Nonconforming Tank Cars
- Incidents and accidents
HAZMAT: Security Awareness
| Large Construction Vehicles | (0:34 minutes) | Available in English |
| Light Commercial Vehicles | (0:28 minutes) | Available in English and Spanish |
Course Highlights:
- Brief history of threats against HAZMAT transportation
- Potential HAZMAT targets
- Potential HAZMAT threats
- Tools useful for securing HAZMAT transportation
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