These courses are intended for the training of hazmat / dangerous goods employees responsible for the handling, shipping, or transportation of lithium batteries.
Course Description
This course is intended for Information Technology (IT) professionals responsible for the classification, preparing and shipping excepted lithium batteries by ground (road or rail) using the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) and the United States Postal Service Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable mail standards. It has been designed to provide adequate instruction on the conditions and limitations for shipment of smaller lithium batteries by ground transport. This training does not fulfill the training requirements for offering fully-regulated hazardous materials.
Learning Objectives
Target Audience
IT professionals that build, test, install, repair, and maintain hardware and software, prepare and offer for transport shipments of laptops, tablets, cell phones and other electronic devices containing small lithium batteries by ground to, from or within the US.
Topics (list of modules)
Regulatory Texts & References Required
Recommended Resources
Pre-requisites – None
Course Features:
This course is intended for the training of hazmat employees responsible for the handling, shipping, or transportation of fully regulated and excepted lithium batteries by all modes using domestic and international regulations such as 49 CFR, TDGR, ADR, the IMDG Code and the IATA DGR. It explains the various types of battery technology in use today and has been designed to meet the function-specific training requirements of the regulations. It can be used for both initial and recurrent function-specific training.
This course meets the regulatory training standards set out in the 49 CFR (Part 172, Subpart H), TDG Regulations (Part 6), IMDG Code (Part 1, Chapters 1.3 and 1.4), ADR (Part 1, Chapters 1.3 & 1.10), and IATA DGR (Section 1.5), for all dangerous goods employees involved in the safe transportation of lithium batteries and includes all recent amendments.
Learning Objective(s)
Target Audience
Modules / Topics
Regulatory Texts & References Required
Recommended Resources
Pre-Requisites:
Course Features
This course is intended for the training of hazmat employees responsible for the handling, shipping, or transportation of excepted lithium batteries by ground (road or rail) and air, using 49 CFR and the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR). It explains the various types of battery technology in use today and has been designed to meet the function-specific training requirements of the regulations for excepted lithium batteries and can be used for both initial and recurrent training.
Lithium battery types covered in this course include:
The course meets the regulatory training standards set out in 49 CFR, Part 172, Subpart H, for all employees involved in the safe transportation of lithium batteries by ground and includes all recent amendments and interpretations.
The course meets the regulatory training standards set out in the IATA DGR, Section 1.6 (as well as those in the 49 CFR, Part 172, Subpart H) for all dangerous goods employees involved in the safe transportation of excepted lithium batteries by ground and air and includes all recent amendments.
Learning Objective(s)
Target Audience
Topics
Regulatory Texts & References Required
Recommended Resources
Pre-requisites
Course Features
