HazMat Ground Shipper (DOT)  49 CFR 172.704

Target Audience: Employees who read and interpret regulations, supervise or train hazmat employees, sign shipping papers, classify or name hazardous materials, comply with reporting and recordkeeping mandates, or have overall responsibilities for hazmat shipping compliance.

Training is the best means of preventing, or reducing, hazardous materials (hazmat) incidents in transportation that are caused by human error. The Federal hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5101, et seq.) is the statute pertaining to the transportation of hazmat in the United States, and requires the training of ALL hazmat employees. The purpose of this training is to increase a hazmat employee’s safety awareness and to be an essential element in reducing hazmat incidents.

This 1-day course is comprised of the following:

• General Awareness

• Classification

• Proper shipping names

• Packaging

• Marking and labeling

• Shipping papers

• Placarding

• Loading, moving and unloading