DOT Hazardous Material Transportation (HM-181)
Dates: | |
Meets: | Th from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM |
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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.