DOT HAZMAT General Awareness Training

This Interactive course on DOT HAZMAT General Awareness discusses the regulations and how they affect each stage of the transportation process, as well as what employees can do to help prevent HAZMAT incidents from occurring. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has established Hazardous Materials Regulations to ensure safe and secure handling of the more than one million HAZMAT shipments that are made every day in this country. Areas covered in the course include the hazardous materials regulations, training requirements, hazardous materials in the workplace, shipping papers and the Emergency Response Guidebook, packing and loading hazardous materials, shipping and unloading hazardous materials and more.

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Topics covered in these products include:

  • Explain the regulations that the DOT has established for the safe transportation of HAZMATs.
  • Recognize the hazardous materials that you encounter in your work.
  • Identify the hazards that are associated with these materials.
  • Know safe work practices that you can use to handle HAZMATs safely.
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Associated Industries: Transportation and Warehouse Environments.
Associated Topic Titles: DOT / Transportation.


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