This course is intended for Shippers, Forwarders and Carriers who handle and ship Radioactive Material in the normal course of transportation.
Exceptions:
- If you ship Exempted Radioactive Materials (smoke alarms etc.) and are currently (IATA, 49CFR, IMDG) certified, no additional training is required.
- If you ship Excepted Radioactive Materials by air, and are currently IATA certified, you have the option of taking DGI’s Online Excepted Radioactive Materials course.
DGI’s 2-Day Radioactive seminar will fully certify you to classify and prepare Radioactive Materials for shipment in commerce. This course will enable you to transport RAM both domestic and international with ease.
Please Note: Security Awareness Training is no longer conducted in the classroom. We are now offering it for FREE on our website.
Included with Classroom Training:
49CFR Regulations
Classroom Workbook
Daily Lunch
Included with Webinar Training:
Printable Classroom Workbook
(49CFR regulations must be provided by student)
Webinar students: Webinars start at 11 am EST. The course content is the same but the times will be different then noted below.
| Day 1 | |
| 8:00 - 8:30A | Registration |
| 8:30 - Noon | Definitions and Radiation Measurements Measuring Exposure Dosages; the Transportation Index |
| 12:00 - 1:00P | Lunch (included with seminar) |
| 1:00 - 2:00P |
Using the Regulations; Radioactive Material Proper |
| 3:00 - 4:00P | Selecting Correct Radioactive Packaging |
| 4:00-4:30P | Review - Question & Answer |
| Day 2 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00A | Review of Day 1 |
| 9:00 - 10:00A |
Categorization of Radioactive Packages; |
| 10:00 - 10:30A | Excepted Radioactive Material |
| 10:30 - 12:00P | Documentation |
| 12:00 - 1:00P | Lunch (included with seminar) |
| 1:00 - 2:00P |
Special Limitations, Surface Contaminated Objects, |
| 2:00 - 3:00P | Review |
| 3:00 - 4:30P | Exam |
| 4:30P | Seminar Ends! |