Ireland ADR Driver case studies
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The ADR Driver Training Certificate is the qualification for drivers who carry dangerous goods by road under the ADR framework, and CILT Ireland lists it among the exams for which it acts as examining body on behalf of the Department of Transport and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). CILT Ireland also publishes a list of Approved ADR Training Providers, which is the route candidates normally take: classroom or approved-provider training followed by the CILT examination. The Ireland ADR Driver case studies are 5 cases and about 3,644 words.
1The drum that doesn't match its paperwork
At a distribution depot on the north side of Dublin, a driver is collecting one pallet for a customer in Galway. The transport document handed over reads: "UN 1789, HYDROCHLORIC ACID, 8, II, 1 drum, 250 litres".
588 words, about 3 min2The 1,000-point multi-drop that grows at the third stop
A driver of a 3.5 t panel van loads at a Dublin warehouse for four drops around Leinster. The picking list shows four 20-litre jerricans of UN 1203 PETROL, 3, II; six 25 kg sacks of UN 3077 ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, SOLID, N.O.S., 9, III; and three 25-litre drums of UN 3264 CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S., 8, III.
768 words, about 4 min3The diversion through a category E tunnel
A driver collects six 200-litre drums of UN 1203 PETROL, 3, II from a terminal near Dublin Port for delivery to a plant north of the city. The transport document shows the tunnel restriction code "D/E" in the correct position.
723 words, about 4 min4The hard-shoulder leak at 21:15
At about 21:15 on a dual carriageway, a driver notices in the mirror a plume of vapour and a trail of liquid coming from the rear of the trailer. The load is eight 200-litre drums of UN 3264 CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S., 8, III and four 200-litre drums of UN 1993 FLAMMABLE LIQUID, N.O.S., 3, III.
789 words, about 4 min5The backload of "empty" drums
A driver delivering to a plant outside Cork is asked to backload 18 steel drums for return to a supplier in Limerick. The drums last contained UN 1789 HYDROCHLORIC ACID, 8, II.
776 words, about 4 min