DOT HazMat Transportation & Security Awareness Training
(49 CFR 172.704 & Security Awareness)
This course is intended for initial and recurrent training of persons working with hazardous materials.
If you handle small containers or bulk shipments of hazardous materials, or your job includes providing, accepting or transporting hazardous materials, you are considered a HazMat employee by the DOT. All such persons must receive DOT General Awareness, Safety, and Function specific training.
This online hazmat training course satisfies the DOT General Awareness and Security Awareness compliance requirement as outlined in 49 CFR 172.704.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) controls the transport of hazardous materials or "HazMat", which is anything that is capable of posing a risk to health and safety while being transported.
Our online course incorporates audio and video to help persons who are or will become "HazMat" workers identify the different classes of hazardous materials; the characteristics and hazards of each class; the sources for information on determining handling, storage and shipping requirements; and the marking, labeling, packaging and shipping of hazardous goods.
This training also stresses the importance of taking protective measures when handling hazardous materials, such as wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), knowing emergency response procedures, and not handling any materials whose packaging shows damage or whose labels or markings are missing.
Finally it addresses security requirements associated with shipping, receiving, transfer and storage of hazardous materials to prevent unauthorized access.
Training topics include:
- Introduction to DOT General Awareness (49 CFR 172)
- HazMat Classification
- Hazardous Materials Table
- Packaging Requirements
- Handling HazMat
- Managing Empty Containers
- Shipping Papers And Placards
- Shipping And Receiving Hazards
- HazMat Security
- Summary
Upon successful completion of our DOT HazMat General Awareness course each student will have access to a printable certificate and wallet card.
This DOT General & Security Awareness online course takes approximately four hours to complete. Persons taking this course can do so at their own pace, logging in and out as desired.
