HAZMAT: HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION DRIVER TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is designed specifically for hazmat drivers – that is, any motor carrier driver who is employed by a hazmat employer and directly affects hazmat transportation safety. This course helps drivers transport hazardous materials safely. It helps satisfy the function-specific training requirements and modal-specific training requirements for transport by highway.
Prerequisites: Hazmat: Highway Transportation Driver Training assumes the learner has Hazmat General Awareness, Security Awareness, and Safety knowledge already gained from experience or successful completion of appropriate training. Specifically, the learner must be able to identify the required training all hazmat employees must receive, determine if a material is a hazmat and verify its hazard classification using the Hazardous Materials Regulations, recognize and identify hazmat through the use of shipping papers, markings, labels, and placards, recognize potential hazmat security threats and ways to reduce them, identify suspicious behaviors and describe how to report suspicious activity, describe ways to stay safe while working around hazmat, and discuss where to find emergency response information and how to respond to an emergency.
After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Explain what additional licensing and registration requirements are necessary before transporting hazmat
- Decide what hazmat documentation is needed and where to store it during transport
- Take precautions to keep your cargo safe and secure during transport
- Discuss what to do in the event of a hazmat incident or accident during transportation
HAZMAT: HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION DRIVER TRAINING COURSE TOPICS:
- Your Responsibilities
- License Requirements
- CSA & Your BASIC Score
- Registration
- Required Documentation
- Shipping Papers
- The Hazmat Table
- Emergency Response Information
- Additional Class 1 Requirements
- Hazardous Waste Manifest
- Location During Transport
- Transporting Hazmat Safely
- Before You Leave
- While En Route
- Parking, Fueling, & Maintenance
- Hazmat Incidents & Accidents
HAZMAT: HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION DRIVER TRAINING COURSE DURATION:
Approximately 30 minutes
HAZMAT: HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION DRIVER TRAINING TESTING:
Testing conducted in this online Hazmat: Highway Transportation Driver Training course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Users are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.
HAZMAT: HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION DRIVER TRAINING CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available to download and print.
UNIVERSALLY COMPATIBLE
This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most internet capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smart phones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.