Dangerous Goods Awareness Training

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Dangerous Goods Awareness Training

• Please review the following slides. Upon
  Completion please complete the certificate form
  on the last page and return to your supervisor.

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Compliance

• Its the law you must declare your hazardous
  materials to the airline, air package carrier, or
  U.S. postal Service. Violators may be subject to
  civil penalty of up to 25,000 per violation and,
  in appropriate cases, a criminal penalty of up to
  500,000 and/or imprisonment up to 5 years.

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• Who must have training?
• Any warehouse staff who are involved in the
  acceptance process.
• Any agency staff acting on behalf of a forwarder
• Customer Service staff of freight forwarders who
  are involved in processing of dangerous goods
  shipments.
• Any staff involved in handling, storage or
  loading of cargo.

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Applicability

• Training must consist of the following
• General Philosophy
• Limitations
• General Requirements for Shipper and Handling
  Agent
• DG Classifications
• List of Dangerous Goods
• General Packing Requirements Instructions
• Labeling markings
• Shippers Declaration
• Acceptance procedures
• Storage loading procedures
• Emergency Procedures

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Governing Requirements

• Code of Federal Regulations
• Domestic regulations regulating the
  transportation of dangerous goods via air, ocean
  and road.
• Iata DG Regulations
• Iata strives to lead the industry to ensure the
  safe handling of dangerous goods via air
  transport
• Both organizations guidelines have guides that
  can be found in each office.

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• Shippers Responsibilities
• Identify
• Classify
• Package
• Label
• Mark
• Document

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• Freight Forwarders Responsibilities
• Receive accept cargo
• Load Package
• Storage
• Security
• Airport transfer
• Verify documentation

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• What is a dangerous good?
• 3.1.1.1 - DG Goods are defined as those goods
  which meet the criteria of one or more of the
  nine UN hazard classes and, where applicable to
  one of three UN packing groups according to the
  provisions of this section.
• The nine classes relate to the type of hazard
  whereas the packing groups relate to the
  applicable degree of danger within the class

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Classification
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Hazard Class

• Some classes are further subdivided into hazard
  divisions due to the large scope of the class.

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Class 1 - Explosives

• Articles substances having a mass explosion
  hazard
• Articles substances having a fire hazard
• Articles substances having a projection hazard

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Class 2 - Gases

• Division 2.1 - Flammable gas
• Division 2.2 Non-flammable gas, non-toxic gas
• Division 2.1 Toxic Gas

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Class 3 Flammable Liquids

• Flammable Liquids

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Class 4 Flammable Solids

• Division 4.1 Flammable solid
• Division 4.2 Substances liable to spontaneous
  combustion
• Division 4.3 Substances which, in contact with
  water, emit flammable gasses

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Class 5 Oxidizing Substances Organic Peroxide

• Division 5.1 Oxidizer
• Division 5.2 Organic peroxides

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Class 6 Toxic Infectious Substances

• Division 6.1 Toxic substances
• Division 6.2 Infectious substances

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Class 7 Radioactive Material

• Radioactive materials

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Class 8 - Corrosives

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Class 9 Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods

• Dry Ice falls into this class group

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Shippers Declaration
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How to Complete Shippers DG Declaration

• Notate Shipper Consignee information
• Notate Proper Shipping Name (P.S.N.), Class or
  Division, UN number, the Packing group.
• Notate type of packing
• Notate Packing Instructions
• Notate Emergency Procedures 24hr contact
• Signature of Shipper or Agent - at no time is CFI
  to sign the Declaration.

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Hazardous Materials Warning Labels
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Hazardous Materials Warning Placards

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Packaging

• Packaging must be certified to UN standards
• This involves testing the packaging to ensure its
  suitability for the carriage of certain dangerous
  goods.
• Such packaging is marked in particular ways,
  prefixed with the UN logo and followed by codes
  found in the DG book which each station has
  on-site.

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Certificate of Completion
This Certificate is issued to certify that
he/she has completed to satisfaction training in
Dangerous Goods Awareness
Date__________ Employee Name______________
(Print Name)

Brian West Vice President of Operations