Description

    DOT Hazardous Material Transportation (HM-181)

    Dates:
    Meets:Th from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
    CEUs:0.80
    Location:
    Instructor:Jeffrey Campbell
    Fee:$475.00

    *Agenda is tentative. Topics and length of time spent on each may be adjusted dependent upon the needs of the students attending the course. *Breaks will be taken intermittently during the training with at least one 15-minute break during each four hours of instruction. Shorter breaks will be taken as needed. Includes lunch, student manual and the latest issue of the Hazardous Materials, Substances & Wastes Compliance Guide. Attendees should bring pens and highlighters.

    There are still openings remaining at this time.

    Course Description

    This accelerated one-day DOT is designed to serve as both an initial and refresher course meeting the 49 CFR 172.704 training requirements. Topics include hazardous substance determination, proper shipping names, placarding, marking, labeling, shipping papers and more.

    WHO SHOULD ATTEND
    The Department of Transportation requires the following personnel to be trained and tested. Anyone who: loads, unloads, or handles hazardous materials, marks or labels containers, prepares hazardous materials for transportation, including preparing shipping papers, is responsible for safety of transporting hazardous materials, including supervisors and managers
    operates a vehicle used to transport hazardous materials

    PROGRAM CONTENT
    General Awareness and Familiarization, Identification of Hazardous Materials, Safety and Security, Packaging Operations, Marking and Labeling of Packages, Shipping Papers, Placarding, Separation and Segregation, Review and Issuance of Certificates


    ABOUT THE SPEAKER
    Jeffrey L. Campbell is a chemist with over 25 years of
    experience in transportation and safe handling of hazardous
    materials. He has worked in process labs at oil refineries and
    ethanol plants and has been an approval chemist and manager at
    hazardous waste treatment facilities. He currently works as an
    instructor and consultant for Environmental Team Resources.
    He was authorized by the Department of Transportation in 1998
    to present their Hazardous Materials Transportation course, and
    is also an authorized OSHA general industry instructor and
    conducts courses on RCRA Waste Characterization and
    management.

    Mr. Campbell obtained his BS degree in Chemistry Education
    from McNeese State University and taught high school
    chemistry in the mid ’80s. He has since been training in
    different capacities, which include teaching hazardous materials
    transportation to petrochemical industry employees and NASA
    contractors.