Hazardous materials training is one of the most frequently cited DOT violations. Generic, one-size-fits-all courses often skip critical details, cover irrelevant regulations, and leave teams confused or underprepared.
HazMat Safety Consulting (HSC) delivers customized hazmat training programs that match your exact products, processes, and compliance responsibilities—ensuring your workforce receives training that is relevant, accurate, and fully compliant with 49 CFR requirements.
Why Customized Hazmat Training Improves Compliance & Reduces Risk
Many organizations rely on off-the-shelf DG courses that fail to address their real materials, workflows, and regulatory needs.
Customized training from HSC helps you:
- Avoid common DOT hazmat training violations
- Improve employee confidence and reduce errors
- Ensure training records meet PHMSA expectations
- Eliminate unnecessary content to reduce training time while increasing material comprehension and retention
- Strengthen your overall hazmat compliance program
When your team understands the specific regulations that apply to their role, compliance becomes easier and more consistent.
Hazmat Training Built Around Your Products and Workflows
HSC designs each training program around your actual operations, including:
- The hazardous materials you ship or store
- Your packaging, marking, labeling, and documentation processes
- Your transportation modes and destinations
- Employee responsibilities under 49 CFR Subpart H
This ensures your training is:
Relevant: Covers only the requirements that apply to your materials and supply chain.
Efficient: Shorter training time because we remove non-applicable topics.
Compliant: Meets all DOT/PHMSA training requirements including general awareness, function-specific, safety, and security awareness.
Applicable: Focused on real scenarios your employees face every day.
Flexible Hazmat Training Formats to Fit Any Operation
HSC offers multiple delivery formats so organizations can choose what works best:
In-Person Hazmat Training: Hands-on, classroom-style instruction at your facility with direct Q&A and operational examples.
Live Virtual Hazmat Training (Webinars): Interactive sessions led by former PHMSA regulators. All sessions can be recorded for employees unable to attend live.
Customized eLearning Modules (SCORM-Compliant): Self-paced training built around your products and jobs functions. Perfect for onboarding, distributed teams, and ongoing annual refresher training.
Common Customized Training Topics
We deliver specialized training for a wide range of hazardous materials, including:
- Lithium battery hazmat training (small cells, high-energy batteries)
- Limited Quantity (LQ) and eCommerce retail shipments
- Engines and machinery
- Flammable liquids
- Explosives
- Compressed gases
- General awareness and function-specific hazmat training
If your company handles it, we can train on it.
How Our Hazmat Training Customization Process Works
Our structured approach ensures that every training aligns precisely with your operation:
Operational Assessment: On-site visit, virtual meetings, or questionnaires to understand your products, supply chain, and compliance gaps.
Training Needs Analysis: Identification of roles and responsibilities requiring function-specific training under DOT regulations.
Customized Course Development: Tailored content, real-world examples, and regulatory requirements specific to your operation.
Training Delivery & Documentation: Courses delivered in your chosen format, with all required documentation to support training record compliance.
The HazMat Safety Consulting Advantage
When companies choose HSC, they gain:
- Former DOT PHMSA regulators with real enforcement experience
- Operation-specific training programs, not generic templates
- Flexible delivery formats for any industry or workforce
- Recordkeeping guidance to support regulatory inspections
- Reduced training time with higher comprehension and retention
HSC’s customized training empowers teams to work confidently and compliantly—while reducing the risk of costly violations.
Don’t Let Training Be Your Most Overlooked Compliance Risk
Training deficiencies are among the most cited hazmat violations, but they’re also among the easiest to prevent—when your training is built around your operation.
Partner with HazMat Safety Consulting to build a customized hazmat training program that protects your team, your shipments, and your business.