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Getting Started
Taking the course
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Fill out Enrollment Form below
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Enter the course using the button
on the next page.
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The course runs about 45 minutes.
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After the course you will take a short
11 question quiz.
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Upon completion of the quiz you will
be issued a Performance Certificate and Score page. Print and keep this for your records - DGI
does not keep a copy.
Why do I need Security
Awareness Training?
Effective March 25,
2003, shippers and carriers of certain highly hazardous materials must
develop and implement security plans. In addition, all shippers and
carriers of hazardous materials must ensure that their employee training
includes a security component.
172.704(a)(4) Security
awareness training. No later than the date of the first scheduled recurrent
training after March 25, 2003, and in no case later than March 24, 2006,
each hazmat employee must receive training that provides an awareness of
security risks associated with hazardous materials transportation and
methods designed to enhance transportation security. New hazmat employees
must receive security awareness training within 90 days after employment.
Why are hazardous materials
considered a threat?
The definition in 49
CFR states that a Hazardous Material means a substance or material that the
Secretary of Transportation has determined is capable of posing an
unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in
commerce. Some items like tankers full of gasoline are obvious, while
smaller amounts of certain chemicals could be just as deadly in the wrong
hands.
How can we make the transportation of hazardous materials more secure?
This awareness program
is one way. A joint effort between government, employer and you, the
employee, can make a huge difference. Security threats don’t always come
from outside sources, it could be Joe in accounting, or Sue from personnel.
Threats against your company must be taken seriously. Tunnels, bridges,
dams, storage facilities and waterways are all targets. Truckers must be
aware that they should always check their surroundings and never leave the
truck open to the general public. These are just a few ideas. You’ll
probably have a lot more after completing the Security Awareness program.
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