Training And Dispatch

1. All hazardous materials employees shall receive training in the elements of this security plan beginning with their next required recurrent hazardous materials training update; however, all hazardous materials employees are to have been trained. All newly hired hazardous materials personnel will be required to attend the security precautions training included in the driver orientation program.
2. Since our company does relatively little in the way of hazardous materials shipping, and many of our drives are not fully hazardous materials trained, or in some cases, do not have the required HM endorsement on their licenses, dispatchers are to receive approval and clearance from the Safety Director before assigning a driver to a hazardous materials load, who does not have a HM endorsement. Check our records available in dispatch to determine whether a driver has a hazardous materials endorsement prior to assigning him or her to the load.

3. Use the placarding software to determine whether a load should or must be placarded. If a placard is required the driver must have the HM endorsement and have been training in hazardous materials handling and our security procedures.

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