Norms in the OilIndustry and Class 7 TDG

Risks and Requirement

So have you meet the requirements of this class 7 TDG risks

It all starts with trainingNORM training courses include • NORM Awareness • - Required for any Company employee that works at a

Company site and/or facility where NORM is present. • NORM Worker Protection Procedures • - Required for any Company employee who will be

performing routine maintenance work on NORM labeled (i.e. contaminated with NORM above the exemption limits) equipment/tubulars and facilities.

• NORM Surveyor I, • - Required for any Company employee who will conduct

equipment/tubular surveys for NORM contamination at a Company site and/or facility. This training does NOT include surveying for loose surface contamination, surveying soils, NORM sampling, or shipping of NORM samples for laboratory analysis.

• NORM Surveying, Sampling, and Sample Shipping, and Note: Also referred to as NORM Surveyor II. • − Required for any Company employee who will survey for

NORM contamination at a Company site and/or facility, perform NORM sampling, and/or conduct shipping of NORM samples for laboratory analysis.

• NORM Radiation Safety Officer. • − Required for any Company employee who will be

performing the duties of NORM Radiation Safety Officer. •

Norms are regulated in many ways including TDG

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NORMS are Class 7 TDG Regulated

Which means you must be trained to ship or handles

these materials

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The key in DANGEROUS GOODS

• Once classified by the shipper as a dangerous good and NORMS must be measure to be a dangerous good by the reading on radiation meter YOU NOW HAVE A CLASS 7 CHEMICAL AS DEFINED UNDER THE LEGISLATION!

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Correct Labels

radiation warningshipping addresspacking documents

Identified Activity LimitsCorrect Package Type

Excepted PackageType A Package

Tamper proof seal

Shipping Requirements

All shippers are required to meet the following conditions for a package

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Vehicle Placards(placed on all four sides of the

vehicle)

Only required for Yellow III package shipments but it is the responsibility of the shipper

(sender/consignor) to provide four of them to the transport carrier each time.

Some carriers have a supply so may not request them. You should have a supply just in case if

shipping Yellow III packages.

Packaging