I've heard that all ops. mgrs. have to be DG certified. Anyone confirm this?
I'd purposely flunk the class. It wasn't the OP's choice to begin with. And if the managers are so smart, why don't they do it?
Speaking as a DG specialist, do not do it if you can avoid it. Once they see you are willing to do a little extra work for no extra pay, the abuse cycle will begin full tilt. Believe me, I speak from experience. I was once dewy eyed and bought the whole PSP we care for you line of crap. It wasn't until after I had taken on WAY too much extra responsibility that I came to see it for what it was. They roped me in one thing at a time, now I get paid just over what a new hire makes for four times the work and many more ways to get fired.
Wise words.
I've heard that all ops. mgrs. have to be DG certified. Anyone confirm this?
CDL, I think so.
I'm pretty sure that at my small sta. the 2 ops. mgrs. we have are DG certified.
Never heard of anyone needing to be 20 mins. from the sta. b'c they're not.
I've heard what they "say" to do when we encounter a DG leaks/damaged/wet packages but see what they "Do". The perception is, the managers are being pressured from people above their heads to just get it out on the road and hopefully the customer will take it and it becomes their problem.We have four ops manager, only one is DG certified. While working on his belt today, he tried to force me to take a leaking DG package on road in a bag. I refused, brought to SM's attention. They let it ride the belt that way, too! It should never have even left the ramp in that condition, yet it was on the CTV, and loaded onto the belt. As for twenty minutes from station, all of our managers live minimum 45 minutes from the station.
Hmmm. MJ, our first peak not side by side. Are you required to shave your eyebrows? Ingesting DG is as bad as getting it in the eye you know.
Clean shaven is for the respirator mask I suspect.
I would think its required but I wouldn't worry about that too much. That's just the kind of regulations FedEx likes to skirt.It is but my point is what happens if there is a spill and I need to put one on down the road? Am I required to always we clean shaven just in case? Nor gonna happen!