---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 127.1302"
title: "33"
number: "127.1302"
heading: "Training."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/127.1302"
---

# §127.1302. Training.

- (a) Each operator of a waterfront facility handling LHG must ensure that each person assigned to act as a person in charge of transfers for the facility has training in the following subjects:
  - (1) **Properties and hazards of each LHG being transferred to or from the facility.**
  - (2) Use of the gas detectors required by [§ 127.1203](/cfr/33/127.1203.md).
  - (3) Use of the equipment for respiratory protection required by [§ 127.1209](/cfr/33/127.1209.md).
  - (4) Basic firefighting procedures, including the use of the portable fire extinguishers required by [§ 127.1503](/cfr/33/127.1503.md).
  - (5) **Content and use of the examined Operations Manual and examined Emergency Manual.**
  - (6) **The configuration and limitations of cargo systems of LHG vessels.**
  - (7) **Procedures for transferring LHG to and from LHG vessels.**
  - (8) **Procedures for response to a release of the LHG handled by the facility.**
  - (9) **First aid for persons—**
    - (i) With burns;
    - (ii) Needing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation;
    - (iii) Exposed to toxic liquid or toxic vapors (if a toxic LHG is handled by the facility); and
    - (iv) **Needing transport to a medical facility.**
  - (10) **Restrictions on access to the marine transfer area for LHG.**
- (b) Each person that receives training under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall receive refresher training in the same subjects at least once every 5 years.
- (c) The operator must maintain, for each person trained, a record of all training provided under paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section. The operator must retain these records for the duration of the person's employment on the waterfront facility plus 12 months.
- (d) Training conducted to comply with the hazard communication programs required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the Department of Labor [[29 CFR 1910.120](/cfr/29/1910.120.md)] or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [[40 CFR 311.1](/cfr/40/311.1.md)] may be used to satisfy the requirements in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, so far as the training addresses the requirements in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, Aug. 3, 1995, as amended by USCG-2019-0444, 87 FR 5691, Feb. 2, 2022]

### Source

Source: CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, Aug. 3, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504(j)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011 and 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, Aug. 3, 1995, as amended by USCG-2019-0444, 87 FR 5691, Feb. 2, 2022]