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The Online Dangerous Goods Course provides essential knowledge for safely packing, labelling, and shipping dangerous goods in full compliance with current regulations. The training is ideal for anyone directly involved in transporting dangerous goods.
This online Dangerous Goods course provides the knowledge needed to transport dangerous goods safely by Air, Sea, and Road.
‘Dangerous Goods’ is the term given to Hazardous substances when they are transported.
When transporting dangerous goods there is a risk of incidents. Especially when goods are improperly labelled, packed, or documented. A common cause of incidents is insufficient training.
By providing an overview of rules and best-practice this online Dangerous Goods course provides the knowledge needed to reduce the chance of incidents and comply with regulations.
At the end of the Transporting Dangerous Goods course is a short multiple-choice quiz. Achieve over 80% and your certificate will be emailed to you and made available for download.
Depending on your role more specific training may be required. If in doubt consult your line manager, dangerous goods safety adviser, workplace risk assessments or safety data sheets.
At Echo3 we design our courses around how people actually learn. The content is concise, free from unnecessary repetition, and supported by motion graphics to help explain key concepts. This enables workers to train efficiently, stay engaged, and ultimately stay safe at work.
Dangerous goods are hazardous substances in transport. Hazardous substances can pose a hazard to either, Health, Safety, Property, or the environment. The UN lists over 2,000 dangerous goods many are everyday items like batteries. With the rise of internet deliveries it is common to post goods that are dangerous without know it.
This online Dangerous Goods course has been designed to help ensure staff know how to transport goods by road, air or sea safely.
When applied this knowledge will help keep your staff, couriers, handlers shippers and consignees safer.
After completion of this online Transporting Dangerous Goods course learners will.
This Transporting Dangerous Goods course is appropriate for
A DGSA refers to a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor. This person has the role of ensuring an organisation’s compliance to all of the dangerous goods regulations, and advises on procedures, training and other dangerous goods related matters.
Formal qualifications are needed to become a DGSA.
DGSA legislation applies to all member states of the European Union and the UK post Brexit. It is a qualification gained by an exam although the method of qualification varies depending on method of implementation in each member state of the EU.
Companies involved with the regular transport of dangerous goods must appoint a Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser often referred to as a DGSA.
There are exemptions to the requirement to appoint a DGSA, depending on how often your business handles dangerous goods and in what quantities.
Dangerous goods regulations come from several sources because multiple countries and multiple transport modes are involved. Each of the Air, road and sea transport industries have their own rules (from (IATA, IMO, ADR Regulations) which are broadly internationally adopted.
Rules are written for each of the dangerous goods on the UN dangerous goods list.
The UN Dangerous Goods List contains more than 2,000 rows of the most transported dangerous goods. Only rare goods that require special permission are omitted.
Here is a sample extract from the UN Dangerous Goods list
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