Online Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) course outline
Legal and Other
- Mississauga train derailment 1979
- UN numbering system
- Training required for shipping, receiving, loaders & un-loaders
- Training certificate good for 3 years
- Enforcement weigh scale operators, Ministry of Transport (MOT), customs, police
- Offences, penalties and possibility of defense by showing due diligence
Definitions
- Canutec, accidental release, biological product, categories A & B, gross mass, large versus small means of containment, shipping documents, shipping name, subsidiary class
TDG Classification
- Primary and subsidiary classification, compatibility group, UN number, packing group
- Class 1 - Explosives
- Class 2 - Gases
- Class 3 - Flammable liquids
- Class 4 - Flammable solids; solids spontaneously combustible; water reactive substances
- Class 5 - Oxidizing substances & organic peroxides
- Class 6 - Toxic & infectious substances
- Class 7 - Radioactive materials
- Class 8 - Corrosive materials
- Class 9 - Misc. products, substances/organisms
Schedule 1, 2 and 3 (Including Exemptions and Special Cases)
- How to use schedules 1, 2 & 3
- Packing groups 1, 2 & 3
- Exemptions & special cases
- 150 kg and 500 kg gross mass exemptions
TDG Shipping Documents
When & how to prepare, order information, ERAP number, communications with CANUTEC
TDG Safety Marks
Regulations for labels, placards & placarding Shipments over 4000 kg, mixed loads Compartmentalized tanks, elevated temperature & fumication signs
Containers
- Secured & upright, good condition, no overfilling
- Transport Canada (TC), UN and Department of Transport (DOT) markings
Emergency Response Assistance Plan
- Emergency Response Assistance Plan (ERAP)
- Situations where ERAP is required
Accidental Release & Reporting Requirement
- Spills during loading, rollover on road, public endagerment
- Actual release versus imminent release
- Who must be contact and what information is required by when
