Dangerous Goods (HazMat) Shipping (U.S.)

U.S. DOT regulations (49 CFR 172.704 and 702) specify training that an employee must complete before an employer can certify such employee as a "hazmat employee" (i.e., as a person responsible for arranging and/or handling HazMat shipments). There are five components to this training:

• General awareness: DG10u is a basic version that covers general awareness for personnel who will have limited responsibilities. DG11u goes into greater detail and is therefore suitable for shippers and forwarders. DG12u covers the threat of undeclared DG and should be taken by everyone.
• Function-specific: See the table below for which pieces should be taken based on job description. DG22u and DG23u are modal add-ons that rely on the forwarding base in DG21u.
• General safety: This can be covered by our OSHA courses or by other company-provided training.
• Security awareness: This can be covered by a GISTnet air cargo security training or supply chain security course, or other company-provided training.
• Security plan: Employers who have a HazMat security plan must provide training to those employees with responsibilities under the plan.

See the exact training you should take based on your job responsibilities:

In general, GISTnet recommends the same course be used for both initial and refresher training. This way, regardless of when and how a person was previously trained, all needed topics, including new developments, will be covered. A person who has retained much of what was previously learned will complete refresher training in significantly less time by assessing-out of what is already understood. An automatic fee discount of 50% will be applied for a person who has completed previous equivalent HazMat training on GISTnet.

Use can use the GISTnet job profiles system to streamline administration of training, especially DG and other recurrent training requirements. Let us show you how.

U.S. Dangerous Goods Training Modules

* Fee includes indicated General Awareness and Function-Specific modules. Fee does not include required General Safety or Security Awareness training. Refresher training is automatically discounted 50% for students who have prior equivalent training from GISTnet. Volume discounts also apply to purchase of 10 or more assignments.

** Safety training mandated under OSHA rules fulfills this Hazmat training requirement, including available GISTnet courses.

*** TSA-mandated air cargo security training for airforwarders and their sub-contractors and/or security training pursuant to CBP's C-TPAT program, fulfills this Hazmat training requirement.

DG2u should be assigned to people receiving initial DG training. DG70u is additional training for individuals handling radioactive materials other than ORM.

The GISTnet training management system can be used to record all relevant training for inclusion on a single employee training certificate for DOT or FAA audit purposes.