What your company gets
| Online, self-paced | No scheduled session, no instructor to book. Each employee starts when it suits the shift and stops and resumes without losing progress. Completion time varies by learner. |
| English or Spanish, per seat | Language is chosen by the employee, not by the company, so a mixed crew is the normal case. Every document states the language of instruction. |
| Seat assignment | You buy a pack and assign each seat to an employee by email. Unused seats stay available for the people you have not hired yet. |
| A certificate per employee | Course name and code, completion date, score, the date recurrent training falls due, and a verification code checkable at our verification page. |
| A 172.704(d) record per employee | The five items the paragraph requires for the training we delivered, with a certification block for you to sign. What the rule requires. |
| One dashboard | Every seat, who it is assigned to, who has passed, and every document in one place — instead of certificates scattered across inboxes. |
| Renewal dates printed | Every document carries the three-year date under 172.704(c)(2), so the next cycle is on the paperwork rather than in someone's memory. |
| Current packs | 5 seats $220 ($44 each) · 10 seats $390 ($39 each) · a $99/mo Compliance plan for continuous hiring. More than ten seats, or a purchase order: hello@hazteamready.com. |
How it works for several employees
Stripe checkout, about two minutes. No sales call, no quote, no minimum term.
Each employee gets their own link. Nobody shares a login, and each seat produces its own documents.
Seven modules, self-paced, in the language they chose. Passing score 80%, retakes at no extra cost.
Certificate and 172.704(d) record per person, in your dashboard as each one passes. You sign the employer certification block.
Seats you have not assigned stay available, so the next hire does not mean a new purchase — and the 90-day window is easy to meet.
The obligation, item by item
This is the part a vendor page usually leaves out. Every line below is something 49 CFR 172.704 puts on the hazmat employer. The third column is the honest answer to what you can hand over and what stays yours.
| What you must do | Citation | Can a vendor do it? |
|---|---|---|
| Identify which of your people are hazmat employees | 171.8 | No. Only you know the functions. The definition · the test |
| Deliver general awareness / familiarization | 172.704(a)(1) | Yes — covered in full by our course |
| Deliver function-specific training matching real duties | 172.704(a)(2) | Partly. A baseline can be bought; specialized functions cannot |
| Deliver safety training — hazards, protective measures, emergency response information | 172.704(a)(3)(i) | Yes — covered by our course |
| Deliver training on the protective measures at your own facility | 172.704(a)(3)(ii) | No. Nobody can. This is yours alone |
| Deliver security awareness | 172.704(a)(4) | Yes — covered by our course |
| Deliver in-depth security plan training, where a plan applies | 172.704(a)(5) | No. It is about your plan |
| Test the employee | 172.704(c)(1), (d)(5) | Yes — assessment, 80% to pass |
| Complete training within 90 days of hire or function change | 172.704(c)(1) | You own the calendar. The rule |
| Retrain at least every three years | 172.704(c)(2) | You own the calendar. Calculator |
| Create and keep the record with five items | 172.704(d) | Partly. We generate it; you certify and keep it |
The four failures that actually cost employers
172.704(a)(3)(ii) is the most-missed requirement in this whole rule, because a purchased certificate feels like completion. Write down what you told your people about the protective measures in your building, when, and who was there. One page is enough — but it has to exist.
A promotion from picking to shipping papers is a compliance event. It reopens a 90-day window for the new function. HR calendars do not know that.
171.8 covers temporary employees expressly. Peak-season crews handling hazmat SKUs are hazmat employees on day one.
A vendor certificate is evidence; the record in 172.704(d) is the document the rule names, and it needs all five items plus your certification. Check yours.
A program that survives turnover
One person owns the hazmat employee list, the due-date calendar and the folder. Not a committee.
Every role marked in or out of scope, with a one-line dated reason for the exclusions. "Why didn't you train that one?" has an answer ready.
New hire and change of function both notify the owner. These are the only two events that create a 90-day deadline.
Renewal dates are printed on every document we issue; the Compliance plan tracks them for you if you would rather not.
What stays your responsibility
Published here on purpose. A vendor that lets you believe a purchase closes the whole obligation is selling you a worse file than one that marks its own limits.
Under 49 CFR 172.702(b) the hazmat employer trains, tests and certifies. We deliver and test; you certify, and you decide that the training matches each employee's actual functions.
172.704(a)(3)(ii) is about the measures in your own building. No online course can deliver it. Our record leaves that block explicitly to you.
Cargo tank and portable tank filling, radioactive materials, explosives, bulk packagings, air (IATA/ICAO) and vessel (IMDG) shipments, driver training under 177.816 and HAZWOPER are outside what we deliver. Full scope and limitations.
Common questions
How does hazmat training work for a whole team?
What happens when we hire someone new?
Do we get one record per employee, or one for the company?
Can we delegate the training duty to a vendor?
How do we handle a mixed-language crew?
We already train people in-house. Do we still need a vendor?
We need more than ten seats, or we need a purchase order.
What is the single most common gap you see?
Train your team this week
Seats are assigned by email and each employee works through it at their own pace. Certificate and 172.704(d) record per person, in one dashboard. 5 seats $220, 10 seats $390.
Only need one seat? Individual training — $49. More than ten seats or a purchase order? hello@hazteamready.com. HazTeam Ready is an independent training provider, not affiliated with DOT or PHMSA.