All entities (carrier / consignor / consignee) involved in handling and carriage of dangerous goods are also legally required to appoint a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor.

This is a recognised vocational qualification obtained by passing relevant exams as set by DfT.

SAFETY ADVISER

1.8.3.1
Each undertaking, the activities of which include the carriage, or the related packing, loading, filling or unloading, of dangerous goods by road shall appoint one or more safety advisers for the carriage of dangerous goods, responsible for helping to prevent the risks inherent in such activities with regard to persons, property and the environment.

1.8.3.2
The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties may provide that these requirements shall not apply to undertakings:

(a) The activities of which concern quantities in each transport unit smaller than those referred to in 1.1.3.6, 1.7.1.4 and in Chapters 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5; or

(b) The main or secondary activities of which are not the carriage or the related packing, filling, loading or unloading of dangerous goods but which occasionally engage in the national carriage or the related packing, filling, loading or unloading of dangerous goods posing little danger or risk of pollution.