Which companies are required to appoint a safety advisor?

Any company whose business involves the shipment or transport of dangerous goods by road, or the packaging, loading, filling or unloading of such goods, is required to appoint one or more safety advisors for the transport of dangerous goods, in accordance with ADR § 1.8.3.1.

There must be at least one safety advisor for each site concerned, although one safety advisor may be in charge of several sites.

The safety advisor function can be performed :

• by the company manager ;

• by a person who performs other tasks in the company;

• or by a person from outside the company (external consultant).

In the latter case, the chosen service provider carries out at least one annual audit for each company...