DOT Hazardous Materials General Awareness
e-Learning
About the eLearning Course
DOT Hazardous Materials General Awareness is designed to help you meet the training requirements of DOT 49 CFR 172.704(a)(1). The program explains how to prepare shipping papers, how to use the DOT Hazardous Materials Table, how to package and ship materials and how to safely load and unload hazardous materials.
Target Audience
Operators, technicians, and other professionals who require knowledge to operate and maintain facilities safely and effectively.You Will Learn
Participants will learn how to:
- Determine where to find shipping information for hazardous materials.
- Describe how to use the Hazardous Materials Table to prepare shipping papers for hazardous materials.
- Recall the proper shipping name and hazard description for hazardous materials.
- Identify when reportable quantity or marine pollutant descriptions must be added to shipping papers.
- Determine the proper packaging or shipping container required for shipment of hazardous material.
- Recognize how to prepare single packages for shipment.
- Identify the correct procedures for loading and unloading hazardous materials.
- Identify the proper markings for shipments of hazardous materials.
- Describe the proper labels for shipments of hazardous materials.
- Recall the proper placards for shipments of hazardous materials.
- Identify the DOT requirements for shipping hazardous materials by highway.
- Define the DOT requirements for shipping hazardous materials by air.
- Explain the DOT requirements for transporting hazardous materials by rail.
