Transport Canada, based on risks, develops safety standards and regulations, provides oversight and gives expert advice on dangerous goods accidents to promote public safety in the transportation of dangerous goods by all modes of transport in Canada.
The online TDG course and certificate complies with Transport Canada Training and Certificate requirements.T Section 6.1 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Regulations state that a person who handles, offers for transport, or transports dangerous goods must be adequately trained and hold a training certificate.
According to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations:
(1) A person who handles, offers for transport or transports dangerous goods must
(a) be adequately trained and hold a training certificate in accordance with this Section (b) perform those activities in the presence and under the direct supervision of a person who is adequately trained and who holds a training certificate in accordance with this Section
(2) An employer must not direct or allow an employee to handle, offer for transport or transport dangerous goods unless the employee
(a) is adequately trained and holds a training certificate in accordance with this Section (b) performs those activities in the presence and under the direct supervision of a person who is adequately trained and who holds a training certificate in accordance with this Section
