We have repair crews who carry blow torches and pipe cutting equipment on their small white vans.

Do they need to label the vans as carrying compressed gas?

Do vans need to be vented?

What are the limits?

Quantity no more than 1 kg.

Could do with some simple idiot proof help. Looked at the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regs and just came away confused.

with thanks

As Motorhead intimates it is dependant on the quantity. The "lowest" small load threshold our Maintenance team has to be aware of is 333kgs for Acetylene for welding sets.

You don't need to apply vehicle design and full training parts of the regulations but there should be a way of transporting the bottles securely, the driver (and any other operative who is in the vehicle I feel) should be trained in basic safe handling (ADR calls this General Awareness Training) and a suitable fire extinguisher should be carried (2kg dry powder or equivalent) in the cab. Signage is not required and can be problematic if you leave it on and are not carrying.

Also as I was checking the small load exemption information for my employer a couple of years ago I found that the HSE have a contact at Department of Transport who will help with CDG related enquiries.

I do have a full breakdown of the relevant parts of ADR/CDG so PM me if you need further detail on it.

All

Thanks for response - just to be clear these are very small quantities. Basically DIY style blow torches and then only one per van.