Multimodal DOT, IATA & IMDG HAZMAT Shipping
Shipping Dangerous Goods by Air, Road, Rail and Sea
Online Training Certification Course
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This multimodal HAZMAT training certification course uses online training to explain how to manage dangerous goods across diverse transportation platforms.
Multimodal shipping often involves transporting hazardous materials by some combination of trucks, ships, trains, and aircraft. Multimodal hazmat shipping is unique because preparations that protect dangerous items on one platform may not protect them on another. For instance, variant temperatures, air pressures, or vibration levels may affect cargo in unpredictable ways. That's why shipping dangerous goods along a route over different transportation platforms can benefit from specific multimodal HAZMAT training.
This course is for:
Multimodal training is ideal for workers who pack, load, transport, and inspect hazardous materials that are subject to IMO, IATA, and DOT shipping regulations. This course trains workers who transport different shipments over different platforms as well as workers whose shipments are carried over more than one platform along a single route.
Case Study: In August 2016, a railroad tank car sustained a 42-inch-long crack in its tank shell shortly after being loaded with 178,400 pounds of liquefied compressed chlorine at the Axiall Corporation Natrium plant in New Martinsville, West Virginia. Over the next 2.5 hours, the entire 178,400-pound load of chlorine was released and formed a large vapor cloud that migrated south along the Ohio River valley. The railroad tank car had a stenciled load limit of 178,400 pounds and a maximum gross rail load of 263,000 pounds.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the chlorine release was an undetected preexisting crack near the inboard end of the stub sill cradle pad. Contributing to the structural failure of the tank car was Axiall Corporation's insufficiently frequent inspection interval that did not detect the crack, the low fracture resistance of the nonnormalized steel used in the tank car construction, and the presence of residual stresses associated with Rescar Companies' tank wall corrosion repairs.
Key Takeaways: The containers that transport hazardous materials must be inspected with care and consistency to prevent life-threatening accidents.
Available languages: 100+ languages - translation provided by Google Translate (Select Language bottom of page)
Governing Regulations
This safety training explains the standards and regulations set forth by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), and the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) IMDG Code. The course meets the following standards:
- IATA and DOT training
- IATA and DOT certification
- IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR)
- IMO International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG)
If you do not have a copy, you will need to purchase the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) Manual both for reference purposes in your day to day shipping operations, and while taking this course.
You can access the IATA DGR Current Edition Significant Changes document from our "Resources" section.
If you don't already have a copy, you'll need to purchase the International Maritime Dangerous Goods IMDG Code both for reference purposes in your day to day shipping operations, and while taking this course.
What You'll Learn
- About This Course
- Course Objectives
- Governing Bodies and Regulations
- What Are Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Materials?
- Who Needs This Training?
- Classification and Hazard Classes
- Classification
- Hazard Classes
- Class 1 - Explosives
- Class 2 - Gases
- Class 3 - Flammable Liquids
- Class 4 - Flammable Solids
- Class 5 - Oxidizing Substances and Organic Peroxides
- Class 6 - Toxic and Infectious Substances
- Class 7 - Radioactive Material
- Class 8 - Corrosives
- Class 9 - Miscellaneous
- Class 9 - Dry Ice
- Class 9 - Lithium Batteries
- Regulations
- How to Read the DOT's Hazardous Materials Table
- Columns of the Hazardous Materials Table 1 - 10
- Hazardous Materials Table Appendix A - B
- How to Use the Hazardous Materials Table
- How to Read the IMDG Code's Dangerous Goods List
- IMDG Code Dangerous Goods List - Proper Shipping Names
- Using the IMDG Code Dangerous Goods List
- Dangerous Goods List, Columns 1 - 18
- Dangerous Goods List, Special Provisions for Certain Goods
- Dangerous Goods List, Appendix A, B, and Index
- How to Read the IATA's List of Dangerous Goods
- Using the IATA List of Dangerous Goods
- Communication Marking, Labeling, and Placarding
- DOT Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) Markings
- HMR DOT Marking
- HMR Non-Bulk Markings
- HMR Limited Quantities
- HMR Bulk Markings
- HMR Radioactive Material Markings
- HMR Content-Specific Markings
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, Marking of Packages
- IMDG Marking
- IMDG Marking Example
- IMDG Marking of Cargo Transport Units and Bulk Containers
- IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, Section 7 - Markings
- IATA DGR Markings
- IATA DGR Radioactive Material Marking
- IATA DGR Radioactive Material Marking Types A, B, and C
- IATA DGR Radioactive Material Marking Fissile Material
- Labeling
- Class 1 Explosives Labels and Class 2 Gases Labels: Hazardous Material Shipping Labels
- Class 4 Flammable Solids Labels and Class 5 Oxidizing Substances and Organic Peroxides Labels: Hazardous Material Shipping Labels
- Class 6 Toxic Substance and Infectious Materials Labels: Hazardous Material Shipping Labels
- Class 7 Radioactive Materials Labels: Hazardous Material Shipping Labels
- Class 8 Corrosives Labels: Hazardous Material Shipping Labels
- Class 9 Miscellaneous Labels: Hazardous Material Shipping Labels
- DOT HMR
- HMR Radioactive Materials
- HMR Mixed and Consolidated Packagings
- HMR Label Specifications
- IMDG Labeling of Packages
- IATA Hazard Labels
- IATA Labeling
- Placarding
- Placarding Exceptions
- Prohibited Placarding
- Hazardous Materials Regulations - Placarding Tables
- HMR Placarding Table 1
- HMR Placarding Table 2
- HMR Dangerous Placard
- HMR Placarding Subsidiary Hazards
- HMR Placard Exceptions
- HMR Placard Specifications
- IMDG Placarding of Cargo Transport Units and Bulk Containers
- Packing and Packaging
- Packing Definitions
- Types of Containers
- Packaging Responsibilities
- Package Inspections
- Determining Appropriate Packaging
- Types of Packagings
- UN Standard Packaging Marking
- Hazardous Materials Regulations - Requirements for Inner Packagings
- UN Outer, Single, and Composite Packagings
- General Testing Requirements
- Types of Tests
- Bulk Packaging
- Non-Bulk Packaging
- General Packing Requirements
- Exceptions - Limited and Small Quantities
- DOT Exceptions
- Packing and Packaging
- Agricultural Products
- Materials of Trade
- Lab Packs
- Damaged or Leaking Packages
- Overpacks
- Department of Defense Packaging and Special Permits
- Reusable Packaging
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code Packing Provisions
- IMDG Code, General Provisions for Packing Dangerous Goods
- Overview of the List of Packing Instructions
- Using the List of Packing Instructions
- Packing Group Designations
- Packing Provisions
- Special Packing Provisions for Goods of Various Classes
- Special Packing Provisions for Infectious Substances and Radioactive Material
- Portable Tank Instructions and Special Provisions
- Look-Up of Portable Tank Instructions
- Bulk Container Codes
- Use of Bulk Containers
- International Air Transport Association Packing and Packaging
- Class 1 - Explosives Packing Instructions
- Class 2 - Gases Exemptions
- Class 3 - Flammable Liquids Limited and Excepted Quantities
- Class 4 - Flammable Solids Packing Instructions
- Class 5 - Oxidizing Substances and Organic Peroxides Packing Instructions
- Class 6 - Toxic and Infectious Substances Packing Instructions - Category A Infectious Substances
- Class 7 - Radioactive Material
- Class 8 - Corrosives Packing Instructions
- Class 9 - Dry Ice/Lithium Batteries/Magnetized Material Packing Instructions
- Handling, Loading, Stowage and Segregation
- The Thirteen Compatibility Groups of Explosives
- DOT Shipping by Road or Rail
- DOT Shipping by Air
- DOT Shipping by Vessel
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code Stowage and Segregation
- Stowage Provisions
- Segregation
- Consigning Operations for Cargo Transport Units
- CTUs, Special Situations
- Stowage and Segregation on Containerships
- Stowage and Segregation on Ro-Ro Ships
- Stowage and Segregation on General Cargo Ships
- Shipborne Barges on Barge-Carrying Ships
- Provisions for Shipborne Barge Cargo
- International Air Transport Association (IATA) Stowage and Segregation
- Self-Reactive Substances
- Organic Peroxides
- Toxic and Infectious Substances
- Radioactive Material
- Corrosives Limitations
- Class 9 Dangerous Goods
- Lithium Batteries - Limitations
- Documentation
- DOT Shipping Papers
- DOT Shipping Paper Exceptions
- Preparation of Shipping Papers
- DOT Basic Description
- DOT Additional Information
- DOT Emergency Response Information
- DOT Certification
- DOT Retention
- International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code Transport Documents
- Container/Vehicle Packing Certificate
- Other Documentation Required Aboard the Ship
- International Air Transport Association (IATA) Shipping Documentation
- Shipper's Declaration
- Completing the Shipper's Declaration
- Air Waybill
- Additional Documentation
- Notes Regarding Specific Materials by Class
- Class 7 - Radioactive Materials
- Competent Authority Certificates
- Required Documentation by Package Type
- Radioactive Material - Air Waybill
- Class 9 - Dry Ice Documentation
- Follow the Journey
- Dry Ice
- By Road
- By Vessel
- By Air
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- Final Exam
It will take a MINIMUM of 10 hours to take this online course. The student may log on and off as needed. A bookmark will be set so when they log back in they will return to where they left off.
We have no restrictions on how long a person takes to complete a course. Likewise, if you are purchasing for others, we have no time limit on assigning courses, so you can purchase a larger quantity than you currently need and take advantage of volume discounts.
Multimodal regulators all have unique retraining requirements. Routine online certification can keep workers up to date on HAZMAT procedures no matter what transportation platforms they manage. The particular regulations are as follows:
- The IATA DGR requires recurrent training within 24 months of the previous training, unless a relevant authority defines a shorter interval.
- The DOT HAZMAT Shipping regulations require recurrent training every three years.
- The IMDG Code does not specify a required recertification schedule. However, HAZMAT employees on US and foreign vessels operating in the navigable waters of the United States must follow the retraining requirements in 49 CFR Part 176, Section 13 which requires retraining every three years.
Since the shortest retraining requirement is two years, we will email you twenty-one days before your certification expires so you have time to retrain.
Each student will receive 1.0 CEUs (or 10 CMEs) from Compliance Training Online® for completing this course.
Sandy A
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT ShippingVery informative and straightforward
Christopher M
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT ShippingVery detailed on the lecture.
Jorge D
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT ShippingAmazing course, thank you very much.
Jeremey
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT Shippinggood course, second time taking it. noticed the updates. Thanks for the cert.
Christopher R
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT ShippingIt was more convenient than attending in-person classes. The material was explained well.
Andrew G
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT ShippingGreat Anwesome awesome course
Yu T
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT ShippingThe audio option was very helpful to complete the course without stress, especially with the limited time I had.
Sultan A
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT Shippingit is a greet experience thank you
Jacob G
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT ShippingIt was a good course
Mario A
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT ShippingIt was awesome course that they show the whole level of shipping , packing and labeling. Really like the class and would recommend to other to take class.
Jose B
Multimodal DOT, IATA, & IMDG HAZMAT Shippingthe training was thorough and easy to follow. some sections were too slow for me (ie: kind boring) but that is only because the material did not interest me and too technical for me. I did appreciate that audio and that I was able to read along. Helped me absorb it more than just listening or just reading.
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