DGSA — Safety Adviser
Plain-English prep for the SQA DGSA exam (Core + Road/ADR). Open-book, short-answer + a case study, 65% to pass. Multiple-choice drills here plus written-answer case studies with model answers.
A scored 20-question MCQ section, timed, at pass mark 65% (the real SQA DGSA mark), PLUS self-marked case-study practice. The real exam is open-book short-answer + a case study — this mock builds recall and the apply-the-rule skill, and does not certify you.
The annual report (ADR 1.8.3.3) is a DGSA's headline deliverable. DGMind drafts it from real data — open it to see the structure the exam describes.
The placards you assign, check and approve — taught across the modules below.
Explosive
Gas
Flammable
Flam. solid
Oxidiser
CorrosiveClasses 6.1, 7 and 9 use illustrative placeholders until official artwork is supplied.
Modules
Who must appoint a DGSA, the adviser's main duties, and the monitoring procedures they oversee.
Assigning class, packing group and UN number, and reading ADR Table A — the DGSA's core technical skill.
Approved packagings and UN marks, package labels, and vehicle/container placarding the DGSA must verify.
The transport document, instructions in writing, and the records the DGSA must see are correct.
Mixed-loading rules, load security, and the 1.1.3.6 quantity threshold calculation the exam tests.
The 1.8.3.3 annual report (DGMind generates it) and the 1.8.5 reportable-occurrence report.
Security awareness and high-consequence rules (1.10) and the training the DGSA verifies (1.3 / 8.2).
7 modules · 59 MCQ practice questions · 17 written-answer / case-study items. This is a starter set and is expandable — more lessons, questions and case studies will be added after DGSA review.