IATA DGR - Category 06 - Initital

Duration : 5 Days

IATA DGR - Category 06 - Initital

Program Overview

This Program will equip the participant with the necessary skills to accept, handle, and process shipments containing dangerous goods as per the current edition of the IATA DGR Manual

Learning Objectives

After completion of this programme, the participant will be able to:

  • Fully understand and differentiate between shipper’s and operator’s responsibilities
  • Identify all dangerous goods which are: - Forbidden for air transport; or - Permitted as cargo in accordance with the technical instructions; or - Exempted from the requirements of the technical instructions
  • Identify nine classes of dangerous goods by their principle criteria
  • Extract the relevant information from the list of dangerous goods and apply the same
  • Comprehend and apply the packing instructions
  • Apply relevant emergency procedures
  • Properly mark and label dangerous goods package and verify that the marking or labelling requirements have been met
  • Complete a dangerous goods transport document and verify that the information provided thereon complies with the technical instructions
  • Correctly accept or reject a shipment using an acceptance checklist
  • Comprehend and apply the separation and segregation requirements
  • Comply with the requirements for providing the pilot-in-command with the pertinent information on the dangerous goods on board the aircraft
  • Recognise and apply the appropriate state and/or operator variations

Course Topics

  • General Philosophy
  • Legal Regime
  • General requirement for Shippers
  • List of Dangerous Goods
  • Marking and labelling
  • Acceptance procedures
  • Pilots notification
  • Provisions for passenger & crew
  • Emergency procedures
  • ICAO Annexures and Annex-14, Vol– 1 Chapter 1-5
  • Limitations
  • Classification
  • Packing Requirements
  • Dangerous Goods transport document & other relevant documentation
  • Recognition of undeclared dangerous goods
  • Storage & loading procedures

Target Audience

  • Airline cargo acceptance and cargo agency staff
  • Cargo operations and ground handling staff
  • Station managers responsible for the safe transport of dangerous goods
  • Shippers, cargo agents, consolidators, freight forwarders
  • Instructional designers and instructors of DGR

Pre-requisites

  • Completion of High School or equivalent •Basic knowledge of English language

Delivery

  • Classroom

Examination Passing criteria

A minimum written test score of 80%.

Certificate Awarded

An IATA Certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the course & final examination

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