TDG Competency-Based Training: Receiver
Additional Course Information
Danatec is pleased to provide comprehensive, competency-based transportation of dangerous goods training online. This TDG training is offered via four role-based certifications for specialists, shippers, carriers, and receivers. This TDG Receiver course includes the training competency activities typically required by workers who just receive dangerous goods.
This certification includes TDG General Awareness Training (GAT), a Final Exam, and the competency exercises generally applicable to receivers of dangerous goods. We recommend you review the competencies included with each certification to determine which program suits your needs.
Upon completion of a TDG certification, a role-specific certificate will be issued and must be signed by the learner’s employer. All GAT topics and completed competencies will be identified on the certificate of completion.
Syllabus
This certification includes TDG General Awareness Training (GAT), a Final Exam, and the competency exercises generally applicable to receivers of dangerous goods.
General Awareness Training Modules:
- Introduction to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods
- What is TDG?
- Roles and Responsibilities
- TDG Schedules
- General Provisions, Special Cases and Exemptions
- Classification
- Documentation
- Dangerous Goods Safety Marks
- Means of Containment
- Train With a Purpose
- Emergency Response Assistance Plan (ERAPs)
- Reporting Requirements
- TDG GAT Final Exam
Competencies assessed in the TDG Receiver Course include:
- Identifying Safety Marks
- Means of Containment
- Setting up Overpacks
- Identifying if an ERAP is Required
- Managing Dangerous Goods During Transport
- Unloading Dangerous Goods
- Responding to an Incident

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