What is an ADR licence?
ADR is the abbreviation for the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road.
ADR training and moving dangerous goods by road are governed by international regulations and are strictly policed. Most European countries are signed up to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road.
Each country that complies with ADR implements specific safety measures through its own national legislation.
The purpose of ADR is to ensure that dangerous goods (including clinical and other dangerous waste) being carried by road can cross international borders freely, as long as goods, vehicles and drivers comply with its provisions.
ADR has been in force since 1968 and is administered by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). It’s updated every 2 years to take account of technological advances.
ADR Classes
There are 9 classes of dangerous goods. You are require to complete training in order to transport these specific types of dangerous goods.
The classes are as follows:
Group A
- Class 2 (Gases)
- Class 3 (Flammable Liquids)
- Class 6 (Toxics)
- Class 8 (Corrosives)
Group B
- Class 4 (Flammable Solids)
- Class 5 (Oxidising Agents)
- Class 9 (Miscellaneous)
Specialist Classes
ADR Certification
Once you have completed the course you need, you will then hold an ADR vocational licence. This licence is valid for up to five years, at which point you will need to recomplete refresher training to keep your vocational certification valid.
All of our ADR training courses here at 2 Start are classroom-based and are conducted in our dedicated classroom facilities, giving our students a distraction-free space to comfortably complete their training and examinations.
The different types of courses for the carriage of dangerous goods we offer include:
Who needs ADR training?
Although it is believed that only those who transport goods by road need to complete ADR training, this is not true.
Anyone who's involved in the process will need to complete some form of ADR training, which can include those who package hazardous substances and the forklift drivers who transport the goods from the warehouse to the truck, to name a few.
What is the difference between packages and tanks?
Packages
Candidates who opt to complete ADR training in packages will only be able to transport hazardous goods within packages, such as carrying a load containing boxes of batteries.
Tanks
Candidates who complete ADR training in tanks will only be able to transport hazardous goods in tanks such as diesel tankers transporting fuel to petrol stations.
ADR Training Locations
Our ADR training locations span the South conveniently located in Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton and Worthing. These depots serve the Hampshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire Counties.
How do I get an ADR certificate?
Our ADR certification training courses at 2 Start cover Classes 1 through to 9 and depending on which subject you are covering, once you successfully complete all the needed topics, you will understand the requirements for the driver, the vehicle and the goods being transported.
The supporting resources, known as the ADR “Orange Books” are released every 2 years and go into full detail of each topic and its sub-topics that your vocational certification requires you to know.
To obtain your ADR vocational certification you must complete the required ADR Classes for the type of hazardous goods you will be transporting, this can range from our single courses that cover Explosives (Class 1), Radioactive (Class 7) for example, through to our All Classes 1-9 course.
To gain your certification, you will need to pass a training course at a registered centre, such as 2 Start Ltd, ensuring that the course you have taken covers everything you will need for future transport loads.
You must get your certification before you transport any dangerous goods by road.
Required Certifications
All drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods must attend an approved ADR training course. These courses equip drivers with the required information so that they:
- Are aware of the hazards in the carriage of dangerous goods
- Can take steps to reduce the likelihood of an incident taking place
- Can take all necessary measures for their own safety and that of the public and the environment to limit the effects of any incident that does occur
- Have individual practical experience of the actions they will need to take
Exemptions
Transportation of hazardous goods that fall under the ADR classification does have certain exemptions which will be covered in your training with 2 Start.
ADR exemptions include:
- Excepted Quantities
- Load Thresholds
- Limited Quantities
This is not exhaustive and is covered in-depth as part of the full training with 2 Start.
HSE provide a good overview of the ADR Exemptions, which provides more detail regards the exemptions you will need to learn and understand as part of your training for the carriage of dangerous goods by road.
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