RedVector JCOM-40119

Material Handling: Tank Trucks

Material Handling: Tank Trucks

0.33 hr. Online Course

Level: Intermediate

Item#: JCOM-40119

SME: Steven Schoolcraft, P.E., CSP, PMP, CMIOSH, CAE

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.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Explain how toxicity, viscosity, volatility, temperature, and pressure can affect liquid handling operations
  • Identify precautions, procedures, and equipment associated with handling hazardous materials
  • Describe the major features of a typical tank truck
  • Identify associated equipment used with tanks during liquid transfers
  • Identify procedures for the loading and unloading of liquid in tank trucks
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Steven Schoolcraft, P.E., CSP, PMP, CMIOSH, CAE
Steven Schoolcraft, P.E., CSP, PMP, CMIOSH, CAE Photo

After earning his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering 25 years ago from Texas A&M, Steven began his career as a “rocket scientist” with NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Shortly thereafter, Steven entered the safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) profession with NASA, specializing in chemical safety and emergency management. Over two decades and a graduate degree later, Steven is vice president of SH&E for a multinational engineering services company with thousands of employees. Steven provides counsel and subject matter expertise to company leaders and line employees, emphasizing each person’s role to build and maintain a good safety culture, where safety is not merely first, but is a core value, lived always.

 

Steven is a licensed professional engineer in several states, a certified safety professional, a project management professional, and a chartered member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in the United Kingdom. He has authored chapters in published technical references such as the National Safety Council’s Accident Prevention Manual, and has served as an author and technical reviewer for books such as Root Cause Analysis Handbook: A Guide to Effective Incident Investigation and Principles of Risk-Based Decision Making.