Transportation of Dangerous Goods
About TDG
To Train or Not To Train?
As of Aug 15, 2002 any technician driving a vehicle with refrigerants, welding gases, drain cleaning chemicals, or any other items common to this industry and classed as dangerous goods, without a training certificate issued by the employer and a shipping document is doing so illegally.
Service Vans are no longer exempt from the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and Regulations.
Who require training? Employers – it is their responsibility to issue the completed training certificate. Employees – service technicians, dispatchers, warehouse personnel and clerical staff who prepare the documents.
Do I work, in any capacity, with dangerous goods that are going to be, or currently are, in transport? If you do, then YES, you will most likely need TDG training.
The very first section in Part 6 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations provides a very clear answer on the question of training. Anyone who handles, offers for transport, transports or imports dangerous goods into Canada must be trained. The onus is put on employers to determine if their employees are adequately trained.
Prerequisite
You will be required to sign-in and provide Photo Id.
Course Length
4 hours