202707 - Transportation of Dangerous Goods Initial (Road)

Description

Learning Outcomes

• To enable participants to acquire a sound knowledge of all the topics listed below as taken from the TDG Regulations that relate directly to the participant's duties and to the dangerous goods the participant is expected to handle, offer for transport or transport:
  •  the classification criteria and test methods in Part 2, Classification.
  • shipping names.
  • the use of Schedules 1, 2 and 3.
  • the shipping document requirements in Part 3,3, Documentation;
  • the dangerous goods safety marks requirements in Part 4, Dangerous Goods Safety Marks.
  • the certification safety marks requirements, safety requirements and safety standards in Part 5, Means of Containment;
  • the emergency response assistance plan requirements in Part 7, Emergency Response Assistance Plan;
  • the report requirements in Part 8, Accidental Release and Imminent Accidental Release Report Requirements;
  • safe handling and transportation practices for dangerous goods, including the characteristics of the dangerous goods;
  • the proper use of any equipment used to handle or transport the dangerous goods;
  • the reasonable emergency measures the person must take to reduce or eliminate any danger to public safety that results or may reasonably be expected to result from an accidentalrelease of the dangerous goods.

Credential Awarded