Online DOT Hazmat Training

DOT Hazmat Training

Get your training certificate and “wallet-card” in less than 2 hours.

This course is designed to meet the DOT Hazardous Materials Transportation training requirements of 49 CFR. In addition to this general awareness course, you may also need to take “DOT: Security Awareness” as well as “DOT Safe Work Practices” training if you have never completed these topics. The DOT also requires you to train your workers on any function-specific or location-specific information as well that are related to your site or the materials that you are shipping.

You may have been asked by UPS (United Parcel Service) FedEx (Federal Express) to complete training for the shipment of hazardous materials. You do not have to spend hundreds of dollars to meet this requirement.

This training is required for anyone who ships hazardous materials or dangerous goods such as solvents, perfumes, hazardous waste, infectious material or tissues, flammables, combustibles, cleaning supplies and many other categories that carry a hazardous label.

Save Time Over Classroom

Many classroom, or seminar-based versions of this course take all day and cost several hundred dollars. You can complete this online course in less than 2 hours and master MORE material than you would in a classroom. How? We use video to present the material. Because the video is scripted, you can present the material in about one-fourth to one-half the time of a class. It is also interactive and gets you involved with practice activities and simulations. It even tests you to make sure you learned the material. It will keep testing until you make 100%. Take a look at the learning objectives and topics below and you will see that our course covers more content than most classroom courses that take 6 to 8 hours.

Is This Course DOT Approved?

The answer is no, because the DOT, as a matter of policy, will not “approve” anyone’s course. If a training vendor tells you otherwise, then you should look elsewhere. The DOT places the burden of the training on the employer. However, this course has been specifically written to comply with the regulations. We can also say that some of the world’s largest organizations in the world have selected our online training. They include Kraft Foods, Exxon, Valspar Paint, Honeywell, Mack Trucks, Frito-Lay, Schlage Lock, Air Liquide, Bell Helicopter, Pactiv and many more. We have delivered over 1,000,000 training sessions over the past 20 years with interactive computer based training in over 4,000 companies worldwide.

Training for all persons who work around shipments of hazardous materials.

• Hazmat Regulations
  • Overview of the Hazardous Materials Regulaton
  • Hazmat Employees and Training
• The Hazardous Materials Table
  • Contents and Organization Overview
  • Columns 1-4
  • Columns 4-10
  • Tables A and B
• Shipping Papers
  • Overview of the Basic Description
  • Contents of the Basic Description
  • Completing Shipping Paper information
  • The Emergency Response Guidebook
• Markings and Labels
  • The Hazard Classes and Labels
  • HMR Marking Definitions and Requirements
  • Other Important Labels and Markings
• Packaging
  • Defining a Package and the Packaging
  • Using the HMT for Packaging
  • Effective Packaging
  • Material Segregation
• Placarding and Transportation
  • Placarding Requirements
  • Placarding Placement
  • Location of Shipping Papers in Transit Vehicles

• Employ information on hazardous materials regulations.
  • Identify the Hazardous Material Regulations.
  • Identify the Hazardous Materials Table.
  • Define the term hazardous material.
  • Define a Hazmat Employer.
  • Define a Hazmat Employee.
  • Describe the four types of required Hazmat training.
• Use the hazardous materials table.
  • Identify the 10 columns of the HMT.
  • Describe the shipping regulations symbols.
  • Determine the correct shipping name.
  • Recognize abbreviations used in the description.
  • Recognize hazard classifications.
  • Use correct identification numbers.
  • Describe the 3 packing groups.
  • Locate packing regulations in the HMT.
  • Recognize the uses of Appendix A and B.
• Employ appropriate information to complete shipping papers.
  • Write the correct Basic Description of a Hazardous Material.
  • Use 4 methods to indicate Hazardous Materials on shipping papers.
  • Identify the correct placement of additional material descriptions.
  • Describe the requirements of the emergency contact.
  • Recognize the use of the Emergency Response Guidebook.
• Practice proper hazmat marking and labeling.
  • Recognize the 9 Hazard classes.
  • Describe HMR label requirements.
  • Define a marking according to the HMR.
  • Apply the HMT to complete package markings.
  • Describe the HMR marking requirements.
• Employ proper hazardous materials packaging procedures.
  • Describe HMR packaging requirements.
  • Define a package according to the HMR.
  • Define packaging according to the HMR.
  • Use the HMT to determine proper packaging.
  • Choose appropriate methods for handling damaged packages.
  • Describe steps to determine if materials are properly packed.
  • Know how to determine if materials must be segregated.
• Practice proper HMR placarding and transportation procedures.
  • Describe HMR placarding requirements.
  • Know the location of placarding regulations.
  • Explain the proper location of shipping papers in transit vehicles.
  • Practice procedures to check Hazmat shipments prior to unloading.