DOT Hazmat Function Specific Training: Packaging

When transporting hazardous materials, all shipments must comply with the Unites States Department of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). Businesses and personnel involved in the packaging of hazardous materials for transportation must be aware of, and comply with, the requirements as set out by the HMR.

This course will explain the general and specific packaging requirements for hazardous materials and will provide examples of how to find the required information on the Hazardous Materials Table (HMT). Packaging requirements for leaking and damaged containers, liquid hazardous materials, and empty packaging are also discussed.

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: Packaging course will enable employees to gain a more in-depth understanding of the various general and specific packaging 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: Packaging 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 and move, load, unload, etc., for commercial transportation packages of hazardous materials, chemicals, and hazardous waste;
• 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: Packaging 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 173.

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: Packaging 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.