ADR Training

An ADR licence is the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, which most European countries have signed up to, each country that complies with ADR has introduced its own safety precautions through its national legislation.

ADR regulations and training are designed to make sure that dangerous goods can be safely transported by road, and transporting them is only performed by competent and ADR-compliant drivers and vehicles.

The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) has been around since 1968 and is overseen by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). It is reviewed every two years to ensure that it still applies to new advances in technology and is strictly policed.

Most European countries are signed up to ADR and will implement their own safety measures through national legislation, which must be obeyed when crossing into or through those countries.

The introduction of the ADR vocational licence for drivers of hazardous goods provided the logistics industry a compliance level that would transform the safety of transporting such goods and is thought to have helped to save many lives since its inception.

Our ADR instructors provide you with an easy-to-understand approach to each ADR topic and provide a training approach that has seen high pass rates with our students.

First and foremost, ADR training is a legal requirement for those impacted by its coverage.

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.

Our ADR training courses are designed to ensure that all of our students receive the knowledge and skills that they need to safely transport dangerous goods and to identify any practices that could lead to unsafe situations. Those who successfully pass their ADR training course will receive their certification which will enable them to transport dangerous goods by road (that is specific to the course they have completed).

ADR driving is a highly specific field of logistical transportation; therefore, it is vital that delegates have the correct ADR licence and training for the type of hazardous substances that they are planning on driving/transporting.

We provide a number of ADR licence courses.

Obtaining your ADR certification, which often gets referred to as an ADR licence, is straight forward but does require you to really understand the subject matter.

Our ADR certification training courses at 2 Start cover ADR Classes 1 through to 9 and depending on which subject you are covering, once you successfully complete all the needed ADR topics, you will understand the ADR requirements for the driver, the vehicle and the goods being transported.

The supporting books, famously 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 ADR 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 ADR courses that cover Explosives (Class 1), Radioactive (Class 7) for example, through to our full ADR 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. To help with this, we have arranged different packages available.

You must get your certification before you transport any dangerous goods by road. The certification is valid for five years and must be renewed before continuing to drive.

We have ADR training courses available for you to book online now at all 4 of our training depots. This includes locations in Portsmouth, Southampton, Reading and Worthing, giving us good coverage of the surrounding areas including Hampshire, Berkshire and West Sussex regions.

These courses will enable you to transport dangerous goods safely and to identify any practices that could lead to unsafe circumstances. If you need more information on which level training you need, our team are able to advise you on taking the correct ADR training course at our Southampton centre.

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 (ADR).

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.

Transportation of hazardous goods that fall under the ADR classification does have certain exemptions which will be covered in your ADR training with 2 Start.

ADR exemptions include and take into consideration:

• 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 on their website of the ADR Exemptions, which provides more detail regards the exemptions you will need to learn and understand as part of any ADR training.