Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA)
Description
This is an intensive week-long course covering transport units, marking and placarding, documentation, Dangerous Goods Safety Advisorcompliance thresholds, filing, stowage, loading and segregation, cleaning or decontamination, operational procedures, emergency response requirements, environmental protection, and legal framework.
At the end of the course delegates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the carriage of dangerous goods regulations and in particular the requirements of the European Agreement Concerning the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (ADR)
• How to classify dangerous goods
• The requirements for United Nations Packaging
• Understand the process of assigning UN numbers for hazardous mixtures
• The legal duties of a DGSA
• A full understanding of the ADR Manuals
External examinations are held approximately 4 times a year.
They are open book exams covering: Core, All Classes and Road Module.
Our nearest exam centre is Bishop Burton College and although we are not able to book you on to the exams we will assist you with the booking process as much as we can.