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Hazmat Training: General Awareness
This training program guides participants through the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), enabling them to recognize and classify hazardous materials and meet the general awareness training provisions of 49 CFR 172.704(a)(1).
This Hazmat Training: General Awareness course is tailored specifically for employees involved in hazmat operations - essentially, anyone employed by a hazmat employer and whose role directly impacts hazmat transportation safety. The course aims to acquaint trainees with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), ensuring they can operate safely when handling hazmat. This training fulfills the General Awareness training stipulations of 49 CFR §172.704(a)(1).
Upon successful completion of this Hazmat Training: General Awareness course, trainees will be able to:
- Identify the mandatory training all hazmat employees must undergo
- Ascertain if a substance is a hazmat and verify its hazard classification in accordance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations
- Recognize and classify hazmat using shipping documents, markings, labels, and placards
- Identifying a Hazmat
- Is it a Hazmat?
- Material's Hazard
- Hazard Classification
- Additional Criteria
- The Hazmat Table
- Methods to Communicate the Hazard
- Conveying Hazards
- Shipping Documentation
- Marking
- Labeling
- Placarding
- Emergency Response Data
The testing conducted in this Hazmat: General Awareness Training course is structured to reinforce the course content. A score of 80% must be achieved in order to earn a certificate of completion. Participants have the opportunity to retake the course two times if the minimum score is not achieved on the first attempt.
Upon successful completion of this online Hazmat Training: General Awareness course, a certificate of completion will be readily available for download and print.
Course Details
Course Length
This course will take roughly 30 minutes
Passing Mark
To pass this training course, you need to score 80% or higher on the quiz
Certificate
Upon the successful completion of this course a certificate with your name will be stored on your profile and available to print
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