Dangerous goods officer

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As soon as a company is involved in the transport of dangerous goods and has been assigned obligations as a participant in the dangerous goods ordinance for road, rail and inland waterway transport or in the sea dangerous goods ordinance , it must appoint at least one dangerous goods officer (safety advisor) in writing for the transport of dangerous goods. For Germany, this obligation arises from Section 3 Paragraph 1 No. 14 of the Hazardous Goods Transport Act (GGBefG) i. V. m. § 3 of the Ordinance on Hazardous Goods (GbV), for Austria from § 61 Hazardous Goods Transport Act (GGBG).

tasks

Under the responsibility of the entrepreneur or owner of a company, the dangerous goods officer has essentially the task of looking for ways and means within the scope of the affected activity of the company or company and initiating measures that ensure compliance with the regulations for the transport of dangerous goods for the respective mode of transport facilitate. Due to his function, he has no authority to issue instructions. Rather, he is an "advisor" to the entrepreneur. He also monitors all processes associated with the handling of dangerous goods transport. According to the GbV, he is obliged to make records about this, which must be kept for five years and submitted to the competent supervisory authorities for review if necessary. He also has to prepare an annual report.

In detail, the dangerous goods officer has the following tasks ( § 8 GbV, until September 1, 2011 Annex 1 GbV):

  • Monitoring compliance with dangerous goods regulations
  • Immediate notification of defects / errors that can impair the safety of the transport of dangerous goods to the entrepreneur / business owner
  • Advising the company on all questions relating to the transport of dangerous goods
  • Creation of an annual dangerous goods report (within six months after the end of the financial year) with all the necessary information
  • Ensuring that an accident report is drawn up in the event of a more serious accident involving dangerous goods
  • Review of the company's approach with regard to various activities (knowledge of the regulations for identifying dangerous goods, procedure for purchasing new means of transport, training of employees)

Group of people

The function of the dangerous goods officer can be performed ( § 3 GbV, until September 1, 2011 § 1 GbV):

  • by an employee of the company / company who also takes on other tasks (double employment)
  • by a person who does not belong to the company / company
  • by the company / owner himself (no written order is required here)

Only those who hold a valid training certificate for the relevant mode of transport may act as a dangerous goods officer. This is issued by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry after completing a special basic course and passing the exam. This training certificate is valid for 5 years and can be extended by passing an exam in the last year before it expires. Detailed information on these training courses can be found in Sections 4 to 6 of the GbV. In Austria this test and the ID can be carried out and issued by any institution authorized by the state.

Exceptional cases

A dangerous goods officer does not have to be appointed under the following conditions ( § 2 GbV, until September 1, 2011 § 1b GbV):

  • Activity limited to exempted transport of dangerous goods (independent of mode of transport)
  • Transport only in limited quantities
  • Transport only in exempted quantities
  • Transport in the calendar year of a maximum of 50 tonnes net of dangerous goods for personal use in fulfillment of operational tasks (radioactive substances only UN numbers 2908 to 2911)
  • only production of packaging, intermediate bulk containers (IBC), tanks
  • if the company is only the customer of the sender and a maximum of 50 tonnes net are transported per calendar year (does not apply to radioactive dangerous goods and substances in transport category 0)
  • if the company is exclusively involved as an unloader in the transport of dangerous goods of no more than 50 tonnes net per calendar year.

These exemptions can also be used side by side.

In all other cases than those mentioned above, at least one dangerous goods officer must be appointed.

Entrepreneurial obligations

He may not disadvantage the dangerous goods officer for performing the tasks assigned to him. The entrepreneur must check whether the dangerous goods officer has the required training certificate. He must also ensure that the dangerous goods officer receives all the information, documents and resources required to carry out his duties. The dangerous goods officer must be able to express suggestions, information, criticism and concerns to the entrepreneur at any time ( § 9 GbV, until September 1, 2011 § 7 GbV).

Differentiation from the authorized person for dangerous goods

Authorized person for dangerous goods (BPG) are persons who, on behalf of the entrepreneur or business owner, are responsible for fulfilling their obligations under the dangerous goods regulations. For the difference between the Dangerous Goods Officer and the Dangerous Goods Officer, see z. B. here: or (on the question of training) here:

At the THW, too, there is an "authorized person for dangerous goods" at the rapid deployment unit for logistics processing in the event of air transport .

The term “authorized person” has grown over time and was defined in the GbV before 2011 in § 1a No. 5 GbV and the prerequisites for the assignment in § 6 GbV under the heading “other training”. In the regulations, the “authorized person” has been replaced by the amendment of the GbV of 25 February 2011 by the term “person involved in the transport” according to Section 8.2.3 ADR . This group of people must be qualified by means of the instructions given in Chapter 1.3 ADR / RID / ADN / IMDG Code . In order to continue to delegate the duties as an entrepreneur to another person, you have to proceed accordingly according to § 9 OWiG .

Web links

Wiktionary: Dangerous goods officer  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What is the difference between a dangerous goods officer and the appointed person? The Dangerous Goods Officer, in: dangerous goods online, FAQ. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ How are authorized persons for dangerous goods and other responsible persons to be qualified? KomNet knowledge database, State Institute for Work Design of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved July 24, 2018 .