DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Labeling

All hazardous material shipments must comply with the Unites States Department of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). All hazmat employers and employees who prepare hazardous materials for shipment, and are engaged in the labeling of hazardous materials packages for transportation in commerce, must receive the relevant training to understand and comply with the labeling requirements as set forth by the HMR.

Labels are standard hazmat identifiers and communicate important information about the hazards associated with transportation of potentially hazardous materials to personnel who handle these packages, as well as to first responders in the event of an emergency. This DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Labeling course will provide guidance on interpreting general labeling requirements as set forth in the HMR and any exceptions to these requirements, the procedure for affixing primary and subsidiary hazard labels to hazmat packaging, and the label specifications relating to durability, size, design, color, and form identification. The course will also provide guidance on the required label elements for hazard Classes 1 through 9.

The DOT Hazmat transportation training requirements are outlined in Subpart H of Part 172 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR).

This particular DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Labeling course will enable employees to gain a more in-depth understanding of the various general and specific labeling requirements for the transportation of hazardous materials as recommended by the Hazardous Materials Table (HMT).

Hence, all hazmat employers and employees who prepare hazardous materials for shipment or engage in the actual transportation of hazardous materials in commerce must receive adequate training to understand and interpret the requirements set forth in the HMT.

This DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Labeling Training course is specifically suited to:

• Broaden the knowledge of individuals who have completed our 4-hour DOT Hazmat Transportation: General Awareness Training course.
• Individuals who are employed by common, contract, and private carriers who package for commercial transportation hazardous materials;
• Employees who work for private carriers who transport hazardous materials in commerce;
• Personnel employed by shippers who offer hazardous materials in commerce for transport within states, between states, or internationally;
• Personnel who handle hazardous materials packages at any point in the transportation value chain and require an understanding on the hazmat packaging labels used;
• Persons who indicate by marking, labeling, or other means that a hazardous material being transported in commerce is present in a package; and
• Workers whose jobs require them to inspect and check hazardous materials packaging and/or hazardous waste for commercial transportation;
• Compliance officers who certify that all applicable requirements of the HMR are being met; and
• Persons such as drivers responsible for the safety of hazardous materials during transportation.

This DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Labeling Training certificate has a 3-year validity period. Individuals must re-take this DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Labeling course when their safety training certificate expires in order to renew their certification and fulfill the DOT’s recurrent training requirements.

Yes. Employees whose job function directly affects the safe transportation of hazardous materials must receive training within 90 days after employment or a change in job function.

Hazmat employees must receive recurrent training at least once every three years. For employees involved in the transportation of hazardous materials by air, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires recurrent training once every two years.

In addition, according to 49 CFR 172.702(b), the DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Labeling Training certification must also be updated whenever the DOT issues a new regulation or revises any existing regulations. No employee can perform any activities under the new or revised DOT regulations unless he/she has undergone training which incorporate the new and/or revised rules and regulations.