Hazardous Material and Dangerous Goods Transportation (49 CFR 100-185)

• There are several levels of training involved in the Department of Transportation (DOT) regulatory requirements. DO NOT be ignorant of DOT rules. There are significant civil and criminal penalties associated with the improper transport of hazardous materials (“HazMat”).
• This one-day course is designed for companies or individuals who affect the safe transportation of HazMat (i.e., supervisor, shipping & receiving employees, forklift operator, driver, etc.).  Upon completion and passing the course, participants are qualified as Hazmat Employees and Hazmat Drivers in accordance with 49 CFR 172 and 49 CFR 800.
• In order to sign as an authorized shipper for hazardous materials, an additional day of training is required. This course is very challenging and requires the participant to navigate the DOT regulations, as well as identify, classify, package, mark, label, and document HazMat for shipment.
• Shipping HazMat by air to any place in the world requires a third day of training.  Shippers learn to identify, classify, package, mark, label, and document shipments in accordance with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) standards.
• Shipping radioactive material requires yet another (fourth) day of training.  Both DOT and IATA have specialized rules for this type of shipment.  This course is complicated, technically oriented, and requires participants to make targeted calculations in order to be compliant when shipping hazardous materials safely.