Dangerous Cargo Transportation (5 cr)

Objective

You know the basic information about legislation and instructions from officials related to the transportation of dangerous goods, and issues related to classification, packaging, handling and transporting of dangerous goods by road.

You recognize dangerous cargo transportation as a part of supply chain management.

Content

What are dangerous goods and how are they classified?
How are the obligations and responsibilities of different parties distributed in the transport of dangerous goods?
Road Transportation ADR:
• What does limited transport amounts mean and what does it mean that certain goods cannot be loaded together? Vapaaraja uupuu
• What are requirements do the packaging used for the transportation of dangerous goods?
• How are the vehicles used in the transportation of dangerous goods marked and what kind of permit requirements do the drivers have?
• What are the documents and safety equipment needed for the transportation of dangerous goods like?
• What kind of instructions are related to the loading, transporting and dissembling of dangerous goods?
• What are the driving bans and restrictions related to the transportation of dangerous goods by road?
Sea Transportation IMDG:
• What is IMDG-code and how it can be used?
• How do you separate cargoes under IMDG-code in diffirent shiptypes and ports?
• How do you find needed information from the IMDG-code?
• Your duties and responsibilities when you are acting as transporter or sender of cargo?

Evaluation

The student can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation
g) apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations

Course material

Will be informed later by the teacher

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
The student proceeds according to the schedule

Blended track:
The student can take the course among an older study group

RDI and work-related cooperation

Practical training is not included

Timing of exams and assignments

Re-exam can be taken on re-exam days in January and February 2020

International cooperation

No international connections

Student workload

Student´s work load is approximately 135 hours in average

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment is based on exam and/or assignments.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

The student gets from the exam/assignments less than 50% from the maximum score

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student gets from the exam/assignments 50-69% from the maximum score

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student gets from the exam/assignments 70-89% from the maximum score

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student gets from the exam/assignments 90-100% from the maximum score

Qualifications

Transportation logistics