I have heard that some IATA training takes two or three days. Why is the Lion course only one day?
None of the hazardous materials regulations specify how long training must last. It simply must be enough to cover all requirements… applicable to the functions the employee performs. We don’t care to spend more time on training than necessary. We believe most industry professionals agree. If you have no background in hazardous materials shipping, then learning the IATA rules probably requires more than one day. However, for someone already trained in U.S. domestic hazmat shipping rules at 49 CFR, we believe that IATA or IMDG rules are sufficiently similar to be learned in just one day of training. Even if you ship only under international rules, you must still comply with a substantial part of the 49 CFR rules. Therefore, we recommend that you first attend the two-day Hazardous Materials Transportation Certification Workshop or have equivalent training. After that, you may obtain either your initial or recurrent training through the one-day IATA and IMDG workshops.
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