Dangerous goods training for non airline staff
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The Air Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations places responsibility for the safe carriage of dangerous goods by air on all parties involved. This is inclusive of shippers, freight forwarders and handling agents and any agent thereof and they are legally required to receive initial and recurrent dangerous goods training in accordance with the requirements of the ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284).
The following persons who do not work for an operator must receive dangerous goods training;
- Freight forwarders and handling agents involved in:
- processing dangerous goods,
- processing cargo, mail or stores (other than dangerous goods), and
- the handling, storage and loading of cargo, mail or stores.
- Shippers and packers and persons undertaking the responsibilities of shippers and packers.
Approved dangerous goods training organisations
The CAA has produced guidance leaflets and posters for shippers, outlining the regulations and requirements for shipping dangerous goods.
Dangerous goods training must be provided or verified upon employment, before you carry out any of the functions for which you are employed involving dangerous goods or general cargo.
Training and assessment must be commensurate with the functions for which they are responsible and must include familiarisation, function-specific training and safety training. An approach to ensuring personnel are competent to perform any function for which they are responsible is provided in CAP483 Training in the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air and Guidance on a Competency-based Approach to Dangerous Goods Training and Assessment (ICAO Doc 10147).
Trained personnel assigned to new functions must be assessed to verify their competence for those duties. If competence is not demonstrated, further training must be provided.
No, personnel must receive recurrent training and assessment within 24 months of previous training and assessment to ensure that the competency has been maintained.