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§ 135.501 

§ 135.501 Applicability and definitions. 

(a) This subpart prescribes the re-

quirements applicable to each certifi-
cate holder for training each crew-
member and person performing or di-
rectly supervising any of the following 
job functions involving any item for 
transport on board an aircraft: 

(1) Acceptance; 
(2) Rejection; 
(3) Handling; 
(4) Storage incidental to transport; 
(5) Packaging of company material; 

or 

(6) Loading. 
(b) 

Definitions. 

For purposes of this 

subpart, the following definitions 
apply: 

(1) 

Company material (COMAT)

—Mate-

rial owned or used by a certificate 
holder. 

(2) 

Initial hazardous materials train-

ing

—The basic training required for 

each newly hired person, or each per-
son changing job functions, who per-
forms or directly supervises any of the 
job functions specified in paragraph (a) 
of this section. 

(3) 

Recurrent hazardous materials 

training

—The training required every 

24 months for each person who has sat-
isfactorily completed the certificate 
holder’s approved initial hazardous ma-
terials training program and performs 
or directly supervises any of the job 
functions specified in paragraph (a) of 
this section. 

§ 135.503 Hazardous materials train-

ing: General. 

(a) Each certificate holder must es-

tablish and implement a hazardous ma-
terials training program that: 

(1) Satisfies the requirements of Ap-

pendix O of part 121 of this part; 

(2) Ensures that each person per-

forming or directly supervising any of 
the job functions specified in § 135.501(a) 
is trained to comply with all applicable 
parts of 49 CFR parts 171 through 180 
and the requirements of this subpart; 
and 

(3) Enables the trained person to rec-

ognize items that contain, or may con-
tain, hazardous materials regulated by 
49 CFR parts 171 through 180. 

(b) Each certificate holder must pro-

vide initial hazardous materials train-
ing and recurrent hazardous materials 

training to each crewmember and per-
son performing or directly supervising 
any of the job functions specified in 
§ 135.501(a). 

(c) Each certificate holder’s haz-

ardous materials training program 
must be approved by the FAA prior to 
implementation. 

§ 135.505 Hazardous materials training 

required. 

(a) 

Training requirement. 

Except as 

provided in paragraphs (b), (c) and (f) of 
this section, no certificate holder may 
use any crewmember or person to per-
form any of the job functions or direct 
supervisory responsibilities, and no 
person may perform any of the job 
functions or direct supervisory respon-
sibilities, specified in § 135.501(a) unless 
that person has satisfactorily com-
pleted the certificate holder’s FAA-ap-
proved initial or recurrent hazardous 
materials training program within the 
past 24 months. 

(b) 

New hire or new job function. 

A per-

son who is a new hire and has not yet 
satisfactorily completed the required 
initial hazardous materials training, or 
a person who is changing job functions 
and has not received initial or recur-
rent training for a job function involv-
ing storage incidental to transport, or 
loading of items for transport on an 
aircraft, may perform those job func-
tions for not more than 30 days from 
the date of hire or a change in job func-
tion, if the person is under the direct 
visual supervision of a person who is 
authorized by the certificate holder to 
supervise that person and who has suc-
cessfully completed the certificate 
holder’s FAA-approved initial or recur-
rent training program within the past 
24 months. 

(c) 

Persons who work for more than one 

certificate holder. 

A certificate holder 

that uses or assigns a person to per-
form or directly supervise a job func-
tion specified in § 135.501(a), when that 
person also performs or directly super-
vises the same job function for another 
certificate holder, need only train that 
person in its own policies and proce-
dures regarding those job functions, if 
all of the following are met: 

(1) The certificate holder using this 

exception receives written verification 
from the person designated to hold the 

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§ 135.507 

training records representing the other 
certificate holder that the person has 
satisfactorily completed hazardous ma-
terials training for the specific job 
function under the other certificate 
holder’s FAA approved hazardous ma-
terial training program under appendix 
O of part 121 of this chapter; and 

(2) The certificate holder who trained 

the person has the same operations 
specifications regarding the accept-
ance, handling, and transport of haz-
ardous materials as the certificate 
holder using this exception. 

(d) 

Recurrent hazardous materials 

training—Completion date. 

A person who 

satisfactorily completes recurrent haz-
ardous materials training in the cal-
endar month before, or the calendar 
month after, the month in which the 
recurrent training is due, is considered 
to have taken that training during the 
month in which it is due. If the person 
completes this training earlier than 
the month before it is due, the month 
of the completion date becomes his or 
her new anniversary month. 

(e) 

Repair stations. 

A certificate hold-

er must ensure that each repair station 
performing work for, or on the certifi-
cate holder’s behalf is notified in writ-
ing of the certificate holder’s policies 
and operations specification authoriza-
tion permitting or prohibition against 
the acceptance, rejection, handling, 
storage incidental to transport, and 
transportation of hazardous materials, 
including company material. This noti-
fication requirement applies only to re-
pair stations that are regulated by 49 
CFR parts 171 through 180. 

(f) 

Certificate holders operating at for-

eign locations. 

This exception applies if 

a certificate holder operating at a for-
eign location where the country re-
quires the certificate holder to use per-
sons working in that country to load 
aircraft. In such a case, the certificate 
holder may use those persons even if 
they have not been trained in accord-
ance with the certificate holder’s FAA 
approved hazardous materials training 
program. Those persons, however, must 
be under the direct visual supervision 
of someone who has successfully com-
pleted the certificate holder’s approved 
initial or recurrent hazardous mate-
rials training program in accordance 
with this part. This exception applies 

only to those persons who load air-
craft. 

§ 135.507 Hazardous materials training 

records. 

(a) 

General requirement. 

Each certifi-

cate holder must maintain a record of 
all training required by this part re-
ceived within the preceding three years 
for each person who performs or di-
rectly supervises a job function speci-
fied in § 135.501(a). The record must be 
maintained during the time that the 
person performs or directly supervises 
any of those job functions, and for 90 
days thereafter. These training records 
must be kept for direct employees of 
the certificate holder, as well as inde-
pendent contractors, subcontractors, 
and any other person who performs or 
directly supervises these job functions 
for the certificate holder. 

(b) 

Location of records. 

The certificate 

holder must retain the training records 
required by paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion for all initial and recurrent train-
ing received within the preceding 3 
years for all persons performing or di-
rectly supervising the job functions 
listed in Appendix O of part 121 of this 
chapter at a designated location. The 
records must be available upon request 
at the location where the trained per-
son performs or directly supervises the 
job function specified in § 135.501(a). 
Records may be maintained electroni-
cally and provided on location elec-
tronically. When the person ceases to 
perform or directly supervise a haz-
ardous materials job function, the cer-
tificate holder must retain the haz-
ardous materials training records for 
an additional 90 days and make them 
available upon request at the last loca-
tion where the person worked. 

(c) 

Content of records. 

Each record 

must contain the following: 

(1) The individual’s name; 
(2) The most recent training comple-

tion date; 

(3) A description, copy or reference to 

training materials used to meet the 
training requirement; 

(4) The name and address of the orga-

nization providing the training; and 

(5) A copy of the certification issued 

when the individual was trained, which 
shows that a test has been completed 
satisfactorily.