Initial Dangerous Goods Regulations for Agents (Book1)

ECAA Approval No. DGR-175-001-A

Duration: 50 HRS (10 Days)

Target Population

• Shippers
• Persons undertaking the responsibilities of shippers
• Operator's staff acting as shippers
• Operators staff preparing dangerous goods as Company Materials (COMAT)
• Packers
• Staff of freight forwarders involved in processing dangerous goods
• Operator's and ground handling agent's staff accepting dangerous goods

Objective

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

• Know the contents of the dangerous goods regulations
• Deal with all types of dangerous goods covered by the dangerous goods regulations. Specifically
• Apply IATA dangerous goods regulations correctly
• Understand the legal aspects involved
• Differentiate between shipper’s and operator’s responsibilities and identify his responsibilities
• Identify dangerous goods
• Read the alphabetical list of dangerous goods
• Apply the general packing requirements and the specific packing instructions or verify that they have been followed
• Verify that the use of a packaging complies with the limitations of the specification indicated on the package
• Properly mark and label a dangerous goods package or verify that the marking or labeling requirements have been met
• Recognize and apply the appropriate state and/or operator variations
• Accept or reject a shipment correctly by use of an acceptance check list
• Follow general emergency procedures when a damaged/leaking package is discovered

Contents

• Module 1 – Contents of The IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations
• Module 2 – Dangerous Goods Classes And Divisions
• Module 3 – Identification
• Module 4 – Packing Requirements
• Module 5 - Marking and Labeling
• Module 6 – Documentation
• Module 7 – State and operator Variations
• Module 8 – Acceptance
• Module 9 - Excepted Quantities
• Module 10 - Excepted Quantities (Cont'd)
• Module 11 – Storage and Loading
• Module 12 –Provision of Information
• Module 13 - Dangerous Goods Emergency Response
• Module 14 - Radioactive Material