HazMat Driver Training — Highway Mode – Access

Course Overview

This course delivers the Driver Training required by 49 CFR §177.816 for hazmat employees who operate motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials in commerce by highway. It is Add-On 2 to the Core Hazmat Employee Bundle (Modules 1 through 4) and is built specifically for U.S. commercial drivers — long-haul, regional, local, and owner-operator — moving placardable quantities of hazmat.
The training is anchored on §177.816 and walks the driver through all four paragraphs of the rule: the general driver-training content under (a), the cargo-tank specialized content under (b), the deemed-to-comply provision under (c), and the frequency-and-recordkeeping cross-reference under (d). Around that anchor, the course weaves together the seven content domains a hazmat-employee driver actually needs on the road — the driver credential stack (CDL hazmat endorsement under Part 383, TSA Security Threat Assessment under Part 1572, and Entry-Level Driver Training under Part 380 Subpart F), driver qualification under Part 391, hours of service under Part 395 (including the hazmat attendance-as-on-duty wrinkle at §395.8), the Part 397 driving rules, drug and alcohol testing under Part 382 with the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse changes effective January 6, 2023, and §177.854 in-transit incident response with §171.15 and §171.16 reporting. Drivers who operate cargo tanks or portable tanks of 1,000 gallons or more receive the full §177.816(b) specialized content; drivers who do not still take the lesson for awareness, and their training record is stamped accordingly.