ADR Training Information

 

 

 

 

E.P. Training Services is an S.Q.A. (Scottish Qualifications Authority) approved training centre We run ADR courses every week of the year at our Great Bookham Training Centre. We offer all modules and classes (including radioactives and explosives). We can also deliver ADR training "in company" (subject to premises meeting SQA criteria) if required.

The type of VTC (Vocational Training Certificate) you need will depend greatly on which class/es of dangerous goods you are transporting. As well as having to sit each relevant dangerous class you must also sit the Core Module and the Packaged Goods Module and/or the Tanker Module. The modules and classes are as follows:

Core Module: (1.5 days) Mandatory subject - covers such things as first aid, fire precautions etc.

Package Module: (1/2 day) Mandatory if you are transporting dangerous goods by road in anything other than a tanker, i.e. flatbed, box etc.

Tank Module: (1.5 days) Mandatory if you are transporting dangerous goods in a tank.

 

For the full SQA, ADR syllabus, please click here

 

 

A standard ADR course run by E.P. Training on any given week will include the Core, Package and Tank Modules and all 9 classes except 1&7 (Explosives and Radioactives). However not everyone need attend every module/class.
For example, if you were a fuel tanker driver, you would need to sit the Core module, the Tank Module and Class 3 (flammable liquids). Code T1

If you were a driver that transported gas cylinders on the back of a lorry, you would need Core, Package and Class 2. Code LPG1.

Should you have any queries in relation to which course would apply to you, please contact Ed or Sean on 01372 450800 for clarification.

The exams are in a multi choice format. The exams themselves are pretty straight forward, and it would be true to say common sense does prevail in most cases. E.P. Training boasts a pass rate of 97%. If in the unlikely event you have failed a module or class, you only need to come back and sit the module, class that you have failed.  

The nine classes of dangerous substances are:

	Class 1

 

Explosives

1.1		Explosives with a mass explosion hazard (e.g. T.N.T.).
1.2		Explosives with a projection hazard, but without a mass explosion hazard (e.g. military shells).
1.3		Explosives with predominantly a fire hazard with a slight blast or projection hazard or both but without a mass explosion hazard (e.g. fireworks).
1.4		Explosives with no significant blast hazard outside their packing in the case of ignition or initiation during transport (e.g. safety fuses and firearm bullets).
1.5		Very insensitive explosives with a mass explosion hazard (e.g. blasting agents).
1.6		Extremely insensitive detonating articles with no mass explosion hazard (e.g. articles containing very insensitive explosive material).

 

	Class 2

 

Gasses

2.1		Flammable gases (e.g. propane).
2.2		Non-flammable, non-toxic compressed gases (e.g. nitrogen).
2.3		Gases toxic by inhalation (e.g. carbon monoxide).

	Class 3

Flammable Liquids 

Liquids having a flash point equal to or lesser than 60°C.

	Class 4

 

Flammable Solids

4.1		Flammable solids (e.g. sulphur).
4.2		Spontaneously combustible materials (e.g. activated carbon).
4.3		Dangerous when wet materials (e.g. sodium)

	Class 5

 

Oxidisers and Organic Peroxides

5.1		Oxidisers (e.g. ammonium nitrate)
5.2		Organic peroxides (e.g. benzoyl peroxide)

	Class 6

 

Toxic Material and Infectious Substances

6.1		Toxic materials (e.g. arsenic, lead cyanide).
6.2		Infectious substances (e.g. rabies virus).

	Class 7

 

Radioactive Materials

	Placard	Radioactive materials.
		Category I - White
		Category II - Yellow
		Category III - Yellow

	Class 8

 

Corrosive Materials

Corrosive materials (e.g. sulphuric acid).

	Class 9

 

Miscellaneous Substances

Miscellaneous dangerous goods (e.g. asbestos and PCBs)