Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air - Initial as per the IATA Dangerous Goods Training Guidance 7.1 (supervised assessment) For Personnel Responsible for Preparing Dangerous Goods Consignments - including Radioactive Materials

About This Course

The employer must ensure that personnel are competent to perform any function for which they are responsible prior to performing any of these functions.

This must be achieved through training and assessment commensurate with functions for which they are responsible. Such training must include:
(a) general familiarisation training - personnel must be trained to be familiar with the general provisions;
(b) function specific training - personnel must be trained to competently perform the function for which they are responsible; and
(c) safety training - personnel must be trained on how to recognise the hazards presented by dangerous goods, on th esafe handling dangerous goods and on emergency response procedures.