Cargo Skills And Procedures Course (Basic)

ECAA Approval No. CGO-175-001-A

Target Population

• Cargo Officers
• Cargo Agents Staff

Duration in Hours: 55

Objectives

By the end of this course the trainees should be able to:

• Prepare a shipment to be ready for carriage.
• Calculate the transportation charges for different kinds of cargo.

Contents

• Introduction.
• Introduction to Manual.
• IATA Areas.
• Coding & Decoding.
• Actual Flight Time.
• Introduction to Acceptance Procedures.
• Shipper’s Responsibilities & Carrier’s Reliability.
• Shipper’s Documents.
• Payment
• Acceptance Checks.
• Restrictions due to Nature of Goods.
• Restrictions due to Weight & Dimensions.
• Restrictions due to Value.
• Embargo
• Introduction to Handling Procedures.
• Export Procedures Import Procedures.
• Import Procedures.
• Cargo Manifest.
• Transit Manifest.
• Transit Shipment.
• Substitute o Airway Bill.
• Delivery.
• Airway Bill (AWB).
• Rating Formula & Rounding Regulations.
• Weight & Dimension Rounding.
• Currency Rounding.
• Chargeable Weight (Gross or Volumetric).
• Classification of Rates.
• General Cargo Rates.
• Minimum Rate.
• Normal Rate.
• Quantity Rate.
• Specific Commodity Rate.
• National Products.
• Commodity Description.
• Four Digits.
• Class Rates.
• Surcharged.
• Live Animals.
• Human Remains.
• Valuable Cargo.
• Rebated Rates.
• Baggage Shipped as Cargo.
• Books & News Papers.
• Precedence of Rates.
• Valuation Charges.
• Revision.