DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Markings

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 identification, replacement, and use of hazardous materials markings for transportation must receive the relevant training to understand and comply with the requirements of the HMR.

This course will explain the marking requirements for different classes of hazardous materials and for bulk and non-bulk packaging of hazardous materials. Further, this DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Markings course will provide guidance to the student on specific marking requirements for liquid hazardous materials, hazardous substances, marine pollutants, radioactive materials, poisonous materials, and infectious substances.

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: Markings course will enable employees to gain a more in-depth understanding of the various general and specific marking 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: Markings Training course is specifically suited to:

• Broaden the knowledge of individuals who have completed our 4-hour DOT Hazmat Transportation: General Awareness Training course.
• Common, contract, and private carriers who package for commercial transportation hazardous materials;
• Employees involved in the design, manufacture, inspection, maintenance, reconditioning, repair, or testing of a package, container, or packaging component that is used for the storage and transportation of hazardous materials in commerce;
• Shippers who offer hazardous materials in commerce for transport within states, between states, or internationally;
• Workers whose jobs require them to handle, inspect, maintain, recondition, repair, or check packaging of hazardous materials and/or hazardous waste for commercial transportation;
• Individuals who indicate by marking, labeling, or other means that a hazardous material being transported in commerce is present in a package;
• Employees handling hazmat packages at any point in the transportation value chain including those handling and accepting hazmat packaging for freight forwarding; and
• Compliance officers who certify that all applicable requirements of the HMR are being met.

The DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Markings course is in compliance with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) and specifically includes guidance pertaining to 49 CFR Part 172 Subpart D.

For both general and function specific guidance on the U.S. DOT’s hazmat regulations, enroll for our 10-Hour DOT Hazmat Transportation: Advanced General Awareness Training course.

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: Markings online 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.