Material Handling: Tank Trucks

This course is designed to familiarize participants with basic concepts of material handling using tank trucks. After completing this course, participants should be able to describe characteristics of liquids that can affect liquid handling operations, and they should be able to describe precautions, procedures, and equipment associated with handling hazardous liquids. They should also be able to describe features of a typical tank truck and typical procedures for loading and unloading a tank truck. Please note that this course, by itself, does not meet the hazardous material transportation regulation training requirements established by the US Department of Transportation.