Regulatory Compliance Series

DOT HAZMAT General Awareness

Created specifically for the Department of Transportation's HAZMAT Training regulation on Handling and Transporting Hazardous Materials, these products provide the information necessary to comply with the regulation's "General Awareness" training requirement. (While these products can be used by themselves, they can also be used as companion products to TPC Training Systems' DOT HAZMAT "Safety Training" products).

TPC Training Systems' training products on "DOT HAZMAT General Awareness" focus on employees who handle hazardous materials. The products review a number of topics aimed at making these employees more aware of situations in which they may encounter hazardous chemicals, the nature of the hazards and the issue of taking appropriate security measures when dealing with hazardous materials that the DOT has added to the regulation. Topics covered in these products include:

• The regulation itself.
• Hazardous materials, definitions and classes.
• Hazard communication.
• Hazard "indicators", such as labels, shipping papers and placards.
• Where hazardous materials may be encountered.
• Packaging and storage.
• Shipping.
• Transport (trucks, ships, rail, etc.).
• Security risks and terrorism.
• and more.