Multimodal DOT & IATA HAZMAT Shipping

Shipping Dangerous Goods by Air and Road

Online Training Certification Course

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This DOT and IATA Multimodal HAZMAT Shipping Safety Training Course covers regulations for safely transporting hazardous materials and dangerous goods by road and air, including how to properly identify, mark, label, placard, and package different classes of hazardous materials.

This course is for:
Multimodal training is ideal for workers who pack, load, transport, and inspect hazardous materials that are subject to 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 July 2009, a cargo tank truck carrying 2,999 gallons of gasoline was hit by a car in Upper Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey. The driver of the car failed to obey a stop sign and collided with the truck. Two of the truck's loading lines were ruptured, releasing approximately 13 gallons of gasoline onto the automobile, which was wedged under the truck. The post-crash fire consumed the automobile, killed the automobile driver, and damaged the cargo tank truck. The self-closing stop valve on the cargo tank functioned properly, and the 2,999 gallons of fuel still contained in the compartment prior to the accident were safely offloaded after the fire was extinguished.

The accident was instigated by the failure of the automobile driver to obey a stop sign equipped with flashing red lights. It is impossible to say whether that alone would have resulted in a fatality. The collision also caused the cargo tank's loading line to rupture. The gas in the loading line caught fire, seriously adding to the violence and severity of the accident.

The National Transportation Safety Board has been concerned about this safety issue for decades. The accident illustrates why the NTSB strongly believes that transporting flammable materials in external loading lines of cargo tanks should be prohibited.

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Governing Regulations

This safety training explains the standards and regulations set forth by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the United States Department of Transportation. The course meets the following standards:

IATA and DOT training
IATA and DOT certification
IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR)

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.

What You'll Learn

It will take a MINIMUM of six 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.

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 0.6 CEUs (or 6 CMEs) from Compliance Training Online® for completing this course.

Paul G Verified
Multimodal DOT & IATA HAZMAT Shipping

I felt that the training was valuable but would feel better if the training material could be printed out for future reference.

Martin G Verified
Multimodal DOT & IATA HAZMAT Shipping

I liked the materials and the contents are very complete. I would be great if you could add practical section to fill up a Airway Bill and a Shipper's Declaration of Dangerous Goods.