Letzte Änderung:
Dienstag, 29. August 2006 

Fig. 5 Special Driver Training for Class 7 (Radioactive Material)

The work on ADR development is done by the Working Party 15 (WP.15) of the ECE. In this case a special working group met at Rome in April of this year. The essential results are listed in the ECE document TRANS/WP.15 R:

• All vehicle drivers shall receive basic training of 18 hours in duration:
• Supplementary hands-on training.
• Advanced training course for
• -  tank truck drivers, 12 hours duration plus practical exercises
• -  vehicle drivers for radioactive material (RAM), 8 hours duration
• -  vehicle drivers for explosive substances (EX), 8 hours duration.
• Cancellation of the present advanced training course requirements for RAM and EX in cases where relevant other training has been received (for example, as prescribed by German radiological safety regulations).
• Recognition of training by the competent authorities.
• Examination following each part of training.
• Refresher training within 5 years, duration: 1 day only, one course for all.
• Examination following each part of the training.

Most of the special working groups drafts were accepted by the WP.15 in May of 1995. Statistically speaking, 90 % of all vehicle drivers carry loads with a total transport index < 10; these would not have to be trained. The ECE draft further provides for training on radioactive material regardless of whether each vehicles permissible maximum weight is < 3.5 metric tons or not.

These new regulations were to enter into force on January 1, 1997. This was also the deadline for EU Member States implementation of the ADR Framework Directive on the mandatory application of the ADR to domestic dangerous goods carriage in all EU Member States. The Directive EWG 89/684 mentioned at the beginning may then be dispensed with.

Development to date

In Germany alone, there were *** dangerous goods drivers trained since 1980, a sizeable number.

In the mean time, 36 countries have joined the ADR Agreement, the last of which was Azerbaijan.

ADR as defined in a decision of the UN ECE / WP.15 in 1991 has been, in 10 years of work, in the process of restructuring. The final results came into power in the restructured format on the 1^st of July 2001. The regulations for dangerous goods driver training are to be found in the new part 8. They were not changed, just adapted to the new format.

Although, the predominant quantity of the RAM drivers (Class 7) are not required to be schooled due to an exception in the regulations, the larger transport establishment often provide a general training so that the drivers have a greater flexibility of deployment.

All

Training of Dangerous Goods Drivers   1978 “Los Alfaques” accident (Spain) (220 killed) 1980 First training in Germany (tank truck drivers) 1983 ADR introduces training (tank truck drivers) 1987 Training for packaged-goods drivers (transitional provisions 31. December 1995) 1989 EU-Directive (mandatory training for domestic carriages) 1990 Training for packaged-goods drivers effective in Germany:  7/91: - vehicles 38 metric tons,          - carriage of RAM schedules 5 through 13          - and of explosives  1/93: - vehicles 7.5 metric tons  1/95: - vehicles 3.5 metric tons 1995 Training for carriages under ADR:  3/95: Rome meeting: Establishing of a course syllabus  4/95: First discussion WP.15 Geneva  10/95: Second discussion WP.15 Geneva 1997 Uniform syllabus for all ADR Member States 2001 End of the transitional period  New restructured ADR, Chapter 8 (no schedules)

Dangerous Goods Driver Training (EU) as per beginning of 1995    International  National  ADR <<refers to EU-Directive 86/684 EWG  marginal 10 315   Every member countries’ training conforms to ADR however. Problems: * Management and length of training differs * Taking the pick of the bunch (of training courses) * Training wherever it is easiest

Basic Course   * General requirements * Main types of hazard * Environmental protection * Safety measures * Accidents   - first aid   - road safety   - basic knowledge   - equipment   - technical equipment * method of operation   * Mixed loading   - prohibitions   - precautions * Civil Liability * Multimodal transport * Handling + stowage

ADR-Driver Training in force 1997    Initial course Refresher course   5 years    Basic Course Course for all  18 hours 1 day  Practical Exercises Test  Test  + Special Course  Tank  12 hours  Practical Exercises  Test +  Special Course  Class 1  8 hours  Test +  Special Course  Class 7  8 hours  Test   Teaching units are 45 minutes each, with normally 8 teaching units per day

Special Driver Training - Class 7, ADR in force 1997 -   * All drivers schedules 5 – 13 without * Drivers schedule 9 - total number of packages 10 and * sum of THI<3 but * Training by the employer or * Equivalent training under other regulations

persons connected with the transport of dangerous goods according to ADR must receive special instructions. Special instructions are understood not to be schooling but rather practical or verbal instructions. Information about the tasks to be carried out shall be provided, underlining the aspect that everything must be done to guarantee a safe transport of goods.