📚 Guide by Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety — The Shipping Dangerous Goods By Sea online course trains commercial drivers, oilfield trucking operators, and heavy vehicle operators on Alberta and Canadian regulatory requirements. Delivered by Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety Calgary. Same-day certificate.
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SHIPPING DANGEROUS GOODS BY SEA COURSE OVERVIEW
This online Shipping Dangerous Goods By Sea course is ideal for the beginner or anyone wanting to become familiar with the IMDG regulations for shipping dangerous goods by water.
This course covers:
- Federal law and application of the regulations
- Structure of the IMDG Code
- Classification of dangerous goods
- Using the dangerous goods list
- Packaging selection and standards
- UN specification packaging
- Marking and labeling
- Shipper’s declaration and packing certificate
- Placarding
- Loading and segregation
- Accidental releases and reports
- Limitations and exemptions
- Security awareness
SHIPPING DANGEROUS GOODS BY SEA ONLINE COURSE TOPICS
Overview- Classification
- Packaging
- Marking
- Documentation
- Placarding
- Loading
- Reporting
- Limitations
- Security
Overview
SHIPPING DANGEROUS GOODS BY SEA ONLINE COURSE DURATION:
Approximately 2 hours
SHIPPING DANGEROUS GOODS BY SEA ONLINE COURSE ASSESSMENT: Testing conducted throughout this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.
SHIPPING DANGEROUS GOODS BY SEA ONLINE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION: Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.
SHIPPING DANGEROUS GOODS BY SEA ONLINE COURSE PREVIEW:
Additional Safety Knowledge
WHMIS 2015 — Canada’s Hazard Communication Standard
WHMIS 2015 aligned Canadian workplace hazard communication with the Globally Harmonised System (GHS). Under the Hazardous Products Regulations, all suppliers of hazardous products must classify their products, prepare compliant Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and apply standardised supplier labels. Employers must ensure workers who use, handle, or may be exposed to hazardous products receive WHMIS training and workplace-specific instruction.
The Nine WHMIS Pictograms Workers Must Recognise
- Flame: flammables, self-reactives, pyrophorics, self-heating substances, organic peroxides
- Flame over circle: oxidisers
- Gas cylinder: gases under pressure
- Exploding bomb: explosives, self-reactives (type A/B), organic peroxides (type A/B)
- Corrosion: corrosive to metals, skin corrosion, serious eye damage
- Skull and crossbones: acute toxicity (categories 1–3)
- Health hazard: respiratory sensitisation, germ cell mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, target organ toxicity, aspiration hazard
- Exclamation mark: acute toxicity (category 4), skin/eye irritation, respiratory tract irritation, hazardous to ozone layer
- Environment (optional in Canada): aquatic toxicity
The 16 SDS Sections
Every Canadian Safety Data Sheet follows a standardised 16-section format: (1) identification, (2) hazard identification, (3) composition, (4) first-aid measures, (5) fire-fighting measures, (6) accidental release measures, (7) handling and storage, (8) exposure controls / PPE, (9) physical and chemical properties, (10) stability and reactivity, (11) toxicological information, (12) ecological information, (13) disposal, (14) transport information, (15) regulatory information, (16) other information.
Shipping Dangerous Goods By Sea — Employer Obligations
Employers must ensure SDSs for all hazardous products are current (updated within 90 days of new hazard information) and accessible to workers. Workplace labels are required when a product is decanted or when supplier labels become illegible. Worker training must be delivered before first exposure and reviewed annually or when workplace conditions change.
Content reviewed by Arliss Levine, CRSP, CHSC — lead safety instructor at Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety Calgary, an Energy Safety Canada Authorized Training Provider.
