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49 CFR Ch. I (10–1–18 Edition) 

§ 172.704 

(i) Emergency response information 

required by subpart G of part 172; 

(ii) Measures to protect the employee 

from the hazards associated with haz-
ardous materials to which they may be 
exposed in the work place, including 
specific measures the hazmat employer 
has implemented to protect employees 
from exposure; and 

(iii) Methods and procedures for 

avoiding accidents, such as the proper 
procedures for handling packages con-
taining hazardous materials. 

(4) 

Security awareness training. 

Each 

hazmat employee must receive train-
ing that provides an awareness of secu-
rity risks associated with hazardous 
materials transportation and methods 
designed to enhance transportation se-
curity. This training must also include 
a component covering how to recognize 
and respond to possible security 
threats. New hazmat employees must 
receive the security awareness training 
required by this paragraph within 90 
days after employment. 

(5) 

In-depth security training. 

Each 

hazmat employee of a person required 
to have a security plan in accordance 
with subpart I of this part who handles 
hazardous materials covered by the 
plan, performs a regulated function re-
lated to the hazardous materials cov-
ered by the plan, or is responsible for 
implementing the plan must be trained 
concerning the security plan and its 
implementation. Security training 
must include company security objec-
tives, organizational security struc-
ture, specific security procedures, spe-
cific security duties and responsibil-
ities for each employee, and specific 
actions to be taken by each employee 
in the event of a security breach. 

(b) 

OSHA, EPA, and other training. 

Training conducted by employers to 
comply with the hazard communica-
tion programs required by the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administra-
tion of the Department of Labor (29 
CFR 1910.120 or 1910.1200) or the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency (40 CFR 
311.1), or training conducted by em-
ployers to comply with security train-
ing programs required by other Federal 
or international agencies, may be used 
to satisfy the training requirements in 
paragraph (a) of this section to the ex-
tent that such training addresses the 

training components specified in para-
graph (a) of this section. 

(c) 

Initial and recurrent training

—(1) 

Initial training. 

A new hazmat em-

ployee, or a hazmat employee who 
changes job functions may perform 
those functions prior to the completion 
of training provided— 

(i) The employee performs those 

functions under the direct supervision 
of a properly trained and knowledge-
able hazmat employee; and 

(ii) The training is completed within 

90 days after employment or a change 
in job function. 

(2) 

Recurrent training. 

A hazmat em-

ployee must receive the training re-
quired by this subpart at least once 
every three years. For in-depth secu-
rity training required under paragraph 
(a)(5) of this section, a hazmat em-
ployee must be trained at least once 
every three years or, if the security 
plan for which training is required is 
revised during the three-year recurrent 
training cycle, within 90 days of imple-
mentation of the revised plan. 

(3) 

Relevant Training. 

Relevant train-

ing received from a previous employer 
or other source may be used to satisfy 
the requirements of this subpart pro-
vided a current record of training is ob-
tained from hazmat employees’ pre-
vious employer. 

(4) 

Compliance. 

Each hazmat em-

ployer is responsible for compliance 
with the requirements of this sub-
chapter regardless of whether the 
training required by this subpart has 
been completed. 

(d) 

Recordkeeping. 

Each hazmat em-

ployer must create and retain a record 
of current training of each hazmat em-
ployee, inclusive of the preceding three 
years, in accordance with this section 
for as long as that employee is em-
ployed by that employer as a hazmat 
employee and for 90 days thereafter. A 
hazmat employer must make a hazmat 
employee’s record of current training 
available upon request, at a reasonable 
time and location, to an authorized of-
ficial of the Department of Transpor-
tation or of an entity explicitly grant-
ed authority to enforce the HMR. The 
record must include: 

(1) The hazmat employee’s name; 

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