The Organic Peroxides (conveyairie by road) regulation 1973 (2)
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by Les Oldridge T ENG (CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE LAST WEEK I dealt with the organic peroxide substances which can be carried in tankers. The more hazardous of these materials can be conveyed only in special containers and these are described in 2nd Schedule to the Regulations: The receptacles must not contain rnore than I kg (2.21b) of an organic peroxide and must be made of metal, glass or a suitable plastic material.
In the case of a solid organic peroxide either a suitable plastic laminated material or wood or fibreboard lined with a suitable plastics material must be used. Receptacles must be made so that under normal conditions their contents cannot escape but a venting device, to allow the internal pressure to adjust to atmospheric pressure, is permitted. Where a receptacle is vented a notice must be displayed on it reading: "Keep Upright — Vented Container". Receptacles must be of such a type that, in the event of an exothermic reaction, any expansion of the contents is not seriously inhibited.
Protective packing
All receptacles, irrespective of the materials from which they are made, must be enclosed in a protective packing made of metal, wood, fibreboard or suitable plastic material. If they are made of glass the cushioning material must be absorbent, not combustible and must not react chemically with the contents of the receptacle so as to make its use dangerous. Where the protective packing encloses several receptacles it must not contain, in all, more than I kg (2.21b) of organic peroxide.
Regulation 12 lays down that where organic peroxides which become unstable above certain temperatures are carried, the person in charge must ensure that the critical temperature is not exceeded. Schedule 4 to the Regulations gives a list of organic peroxides of this kind and lists the maximum temperature for each of them. For example, when acetyl cyclohexane sulphonyl peroxide is carried it must not be allowed to rise above a temperature of —10°C (140F). Neither liquid air nor liquid oxygen must be used as a refrigerating agent.
Schedule 7 to the Regulations illustrates the various warning notices which must be displayed when organic peroxides are carried and these notices are reproduced her. Schedule 5 deals with the display of these notices on vehicles and Schedule 6 with the marking of containers with the notices.
Local authorities enforce the regulations and the owner of a vehicle used for the conveyance of any organic peroxide, and his employees must provide an authorized local authority officer with all reasonable facilities so that he can ascertain that the provisions of the regulations are being observed.
"bridging" examinations of the CIT (3 subjects, (i) Transport (ii) Statistics (iii) Economid and Transport Geography), leads straight to the Finals of the CIT.
QUESTION I understand that the EEC is to impose licensing by examination for all those entering management in both the road freight and road passenger industries. Which are the best courses to take to gain these licences?
ANSWER The position is not as clear-cut as your question implies. Licensing of, transport managers. '"But supposing take the wrong course...." George Wilmot answers students' queries for "entry to the occupation of road haulage or road passenger" is not due to take effect until 1977. Furthermore, it will be a matter for each of the ten states making up the EEC to decide its own system of licensing and this process must be decided in the next two years.
However, it is clear trom the previous recommendations of the Education Coordinating Committee (who took over from the Transport Manager's Licence Committee) that flexibility will be the keynote for acceptable qualifications. This Committee has drawn up a possible schedule of all the various examinations awards in transport and has slotted them into a licensing scheme. While the exact conditions of the licensing scheme have still to be drawn up, it is clear that study for any transport award will count as a valid educational qualification.
These questions only review a few of the "linkages" which exist but are enough to show that there is a valuable cross-reference of courses and the determined effort by awarding bodies to coordinate. Details of other exemptions can be obtained by writing to the following addresses which list the main organizations concerned with road transport education: CIT, 80 Portland Place, London W1N 3DP.
loTA, 8 Cumberland Place, Southampton 501 2BH.
IRTE, 1 Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JE.
NEBSS, 76 Portland Place, London W1N 4AA.
RSA, (Road Transport siubjects) Murray Road, Orpington, Kent BR5 39B: London University (Certificate and Diploma in Transport Studies) 7 Ridgmount Street, WC1E 7HU.
Leeds University (Certificate in Transport Studies) Adult Education Dept, Leeds 2.
Road Transport Industry Training Board, Capitol House, Empire Way, Wembley, Middlesex.
In addition, the following three organizations provide correspondence courses: Transport Tutorial Association, School of Business, Ealing Technical College, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5, specializes in CIT courses and organizes revision weekend courses.
Pitman College of Transport, Central House, 27 Park Street, Croydon CR9 3N0 CIT and loTA courses at all levels and the RSA Certificate course.
International Correspondence Schools, Intertext House, 180 Stewarts Lane, London SW8, specializes in the CIT Intermediate examination.