trevHCS:
From what I heard on my ADR, if you can do the DGSA exams and pass, ADR will be a relaxing week off work.
Hi trevHCS,
That’s spot-on and a very good way of putting it if you don’t mind me saying so. 
trevHCS:
Just seeing the two books for ADR and the cost of them is frightening.
That’s only the start of it though, because those aren’t the only books a DGSA needs.
If we stick to ADR and roads, when it comes to UK national work, a DGSA also needs (at least:)
CDG 2009
CDG(A) 2011
ADTP 2012
DG EAC List 2017
trevHCS:
I always thought the DGSA was the final person where the buck stopped for ADR stuff even beyond the TM if anything was done wrong?
As required by ADR 1.8.3, a DGSA’s role is to monitor and advise.
The responsibility still rests with the Consignor, Carrier or Consignee as set out in ADR, but ADR recognises that they might not have the necessary knowledge to operate within ADR’s requirements, hence the need for them to have/employ somebody with the required ‘proper’ DGSA qualification.
As long as a DGSA gives accurate advice and performs a monitoring role, then he/she is in the clear, because although the duty-holder can contract out of the requirement to hold the qualification, they cannot contract out of their responsibility as Consignor/Carrier/Consignee as set out in ADR.
It then stands to sense that a freelance/contractor DGSA should have PI and PL insurances, as well as a valid DGSA certificate and being up-to-date with ADR knowledge.
Dave’s ADR Trivia:
It’s been that way in the UK since 01/01/2000.
