The legislation recognises 12 categories of staff and specifies the training they must receive.

Dangerous Goods by Air Certificate Course
Three of the above categories of staff - Category 1 (Shippers and Carriers), Category 3 (Freight Forwarders) and Category 6 (Operators and Ground Handling Agents) - require ‘full in-depth training’. This requirement is met by attending our Dangerous Goods by Air Certificate course (three days, including exam) which we offer as a public course at venues throughout the UK. The course includes an examination set by the CAA (pass mark 75%) and a certificate is issued when the pass mark is achieved. This course covers all classes of dangerous goods except radioactive materials (see Radioactive Materials course). Certificates are valid for two years. The other nine categories require shorter but specific training related to the job that the staff do.  These courses are run exclusively at your venue for your own staff and designed to meet your specific requirements.

You must attend a 3-day initial course if you have never held a Dangerous Goods by Air certificate before.

Your certificate must then be revalidated at intervals of no longer than two years by completing a Revalidation course. If you deal with radioactive materials as well as other dangerous goods, you will need to attend a 2-day Radioactive Materials Course in addition to the basic Dangerous Goods by Air Certificate course. This qualification must also be revalidated every two years.

TrainingTeam's Dangerous Goods by Air courses are fully approved by the CAA for Shippers and Packers, Freight Agents, Handling Agents and Airlines. Our instructors hold the required approvals from the CAA covering subject knowledge, course preparation and presentation skills. Dangerous Goods by Air courses are based on the use of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. This course is often referred to internationally as the 'IATA' course although, in the UK, the approval authority is the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

Dangerous Goods by Air Revalidation Course
Certificates may be re-validated by attending a Dangerous Goods by Air Re-validation course (two days, including exam). 

Please note that, because the revalidation course starts with the assumption that students have a good working knowledge of the Regulations, TrainingTeam recommends that candidates who are NOT frequent and confident users of the Regulations consider revalidating their qualification by attending a further three-day certificate course.

In order to maintain continuity of your qualification, you should revalidate prior to expiry of your old certificate. If you complete revalidation training within the 3 month period BEFORE your certificate expires, your new certificate will be dated from the expiry date of the old.

Dangerous Goods (Radioactive Materials) by Air Courses
If you are involved only with radioactive materials you need only attend the Radioactive Materials by Air course (two days, including exam). When you pass the course test, your certificate will show that it is for radioactive materials only. The certificate is valid for two years and can be revalidated by attending another Radioactive Materials by Air course. If you are involved with radioactive materials in addition to other classes of dangerous goods (and you do not already hold a Dangerous Goods by Air Certificate) you must attend both the Dangerous Goods by Air Certificate course and the Radioactive Materials by Air course (i.e. the full five days) and pass both tests. When you revalidate, you must attend both a Dangerous Goods by Air Revalidation course and a Radioactive Materials course.

In order to maintain continuity of your qualification, you should revalidate prior to expiry of your old certificate. If you complete revalidation training within the 3 month period BEFORE your certificate expires, your new certificate will be dated from the expiry date of the old.

Dangerous Goods by Air - Infectious Substances
This course is essential for anyone who ships only Division 6.2, and will ensure that they are familiar with the requirements of current regulations.

At the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Understand their legal responsibilities

• Locate information from all sections of the Dangerous Goods Regulations

• Locate State and Operator Variations

• Select the Proper Shipping Name from the List of Dangerous Goods

• Locate and identify information shown on the Shipper's Declaration and the Air Waybill

• Select the correct packing using the Packing Instructions and the General Packing Requirements

• Correctly mark and label a package in compliance with Dangerous Goods Regulations

• Check a Dangerous Goods Acceptance Check List

This course is fully approved by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Dangerous Goods by Air - Class Specific
TrainingTeam can supply shorter in-house courses for specific categories of staff, i.e. packers, flight crew and Category 9 Personnel. We can also supply courses tailored to suit a client’s particular business need, although CAA Regulations would require us to annotate to this effect the certificates issued at the end of the course. Please call to discuss your requirements.

49CFR Dangerous Goods
Many companies are involved in the transport of dangerous goods with the USA , where the relevant legislation is 49 CFR – Code of Federal Regulations for Transportation. There are significant differences between 49 CFR and other international regulations such as IATA and IMDG.

Any exporters, importers, shipping lines, airlines, forwarders or couriers shipping to or through the USA have to comply with 49 CFR. Failure to comply with these regulations can lead to delays in transport and potentially massive fines. At the end of the course, delegates will:

• Have a basic understanding of the Regulations
• Be able to locate information within 49 CFR and be aware of sources of additional assistance for interpreting the information
• Be able to produce or market dangerous goods to the United States with an understanding of other workplace safety regulations which may have an impact on their operations.

Dangerous Goods for Air Crew
These are half-day in-house courses that would be tailored to your specific requirements for the training of air crew in their responsibilities regarding dangerous goods. Courses are available for flight deck and cabin crew. Our instructors are fully approved by the CAA to conduct this mandatory training, both initial and refresher.

Manuals
We can provide you with copies of standard reference manual you need for the work place (but not essential for the course) as follows: (Prices include postage & packing to mainland U.K. and Northern Ireland ; no VAT  applicable to these items)

IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (53rd Edition) Cost - £179 (conventional binding) ; £188 (spiral binding)
 

Training Approvals
The UK CAA operates a mandatory training approval scheme for training providers and instructors.

TrainingTeam hold full approvals from the CAA for all categories of training, i.e. Shippers and Packers, Freight Agents, Handling Agents and Airlines, and Radioactive Materials.

Our instructors hold full CAA instructor approvals and have many years of practical experience in the aviation industry.

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