Path To Self-Certification

Are you ready to Self-Certify your Training?  

Be sure to get the knowledge that you need and stay up to date with the current changes to the regulations.    And, you need to be sure to comply with D.O.T. Regulations regarding registering with the D.O.T., 3rd Party Inspectors, Documentation, and obtaining your RIN!  (Carefully review the information regarding this in the article: "Your Paths To Certification" found under "Hazmat" in the Menu.)

• You may begin by reviewing the D.O.T.’s  training requirements as outlined on page 2 of the D.O.T. publication “Measure Up”.   Visit the D.O.T’s website or Click Here to view this publication.

• By following CGA pamphlet C1.1 you may develop your own training program.  You may purchase this pamphlet directly from the CGA or from Galiso's Customer Service Department. You may also purchase this pamphlet at the Galiso Website by clicking here.

•   Galiso considers it vital that you only choose Self-Certification if you have complete confidence in your competence and training - perhaps by maintaining someone's skills in your shop by means of a CTC Seminar, Bancroft training or Galiso's Customer Service Department providing training (+1-800-854-3789).  A Galiso technician can provide function – specific training on Galiso equipment and show you how this relates to D.O.T. regulations and material you have studied.   You may also e-mail our customer service department at:  custsvc@galiso.com

• D.O.T. allows for Self-Certification of training and Galiso's "Mobile Training" on your mobile device and "Online Training" from your computer at Galiso.com offers resources supporting the general awareness / familiarization requirment of the D.O.T. if you so choose.

  The "Hazmat Cylinder Re-Qualification Slide Courses 1 and 2" with the accompanying "Cylinder Re-Qualification Exam" will be of primary help to you in this regard.

  Use the Results Pages of the exams as study guides and to help you prepare your own exams.  If you use the "Cylinder Re-Qualfication Exam" or other exams to self-certify your training, be sure to print out the Results Page and keep it as a record to comply with D.O.T. record-keeping requirements.

  When you choose to Self-Certify your training though, you need to understand that you are solely responsible for your training, meeting D.O.T. requirements, and maintaining the competency of your testing team to comply with D.O.T. regulations.

  The D.O.T. provides Security Awareness Training by clicking here.

The D.O.T. specifies that:

TRAINING means a systematic program (consistent approach, testing, and documentation) that ensures that a hazmat employee has knowledge of hazardous materials and the HMR, and can perform assigned hazmat functions

properly. See CFR Title 49,  § 172.700 through § 172.704.

Each hazmat employer must:

• train and test,
• certify; and
• develop and retain records of current training (inclusive of preceding three years) for each hazmat employee (during the period of employment and 90 days thereafter).

Hazmat training must include:

• general awareness/familiarization;
• function-specific;
• safety;
• security awareness;
• In-depth security training, if a security plan is required; and
• driver training (for each hazmat employee who will operate a motor vehicle).

Frequency of training:

Initial training - a new employee, or an employee who changes job functions, may perform hazmat job functions before completing training, provided:

• the employee does so under the direct supervision of a properly trained and knowledgeable hazmat employee; and
• the hazmat training is completed within 90 days of employment or change in job function.

Recurrent training is required at least once every three years. The three-year period begins on the actual date of training.

Relevant training received from a previous employer or source may be used to satisfy the requirements provided a current record of training is obtained from the previous employer or other sources. Training conducted by OSHA, EPA, and other Federal or international agencies, may be used to satisfy the training requirements in 172.704(a) to the extent that such training addresses the training components specified in paragraph (a) of this section.

Training records must include:

• hazmat employee’s name;
• completion date of most recent training;
• training materials (copy, description, or location);
• name and address of hazmat trainer; and
• certification that the hazmat employee has been trained and tested.