Upcoming IATA 3-Day Accredited Initial Training Classes

IATA 3-Day Accredited Initial Dangerous Goods Training Introduction

This three-day introductory-level course provides students with the basic skills needed to prepare, offer and accept shipments of dangerous goods by air transport. The course gives students the knowledge and background necessary to satisfy regulatory requirements for training in dangerous goods transportation based on IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.

IATA accredited dangerous goods training meets a minimum world-wide standard and satisfies the requirements of ICAO's Technical Instructions on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, including local civil aviation authority requirements for dangerous goods courses.

Course Syllabus

Upon successful completion of this course, the student shall have satisfied training requirements for initial dangerous goods training in accordance with IATA DGR 1.5 and shipping dangerous goods by air transport:

• Regulatory applicability - IATA and ICAO regulatory background and jurisdiction, key definitions, structure of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulation and operator and state variations
• Classification and Identification - Class hazard definitions and compatibility, use of IATA List of Dangerous Goods / Special Provisions, and selection of the most correct proper shipping name
• Packaging - Use of IATA packing instructions, packaging limitations, specification packaging requirements and selecting the correct package
• Marking and Labeling - Marking specification and proper application, identification and use of correct hazard and handling labels
• Documentation - Requirements for completing IATA's "Shipper declaration form", submitting shipper's declaration to airlines, and retention requirements

Course Information

Students will attend a comprehensive three-day, instructor-led training seminar to learn about the IATA DGR regulations, how its used and how it applies to the hazmat employee. Students will answer review questions after each section of training, followed by a final examination summarizing all of the topics discussed throughout the training course.

Students will utilize a special Bureau of Dangerous Goods training workbook throughout the course, referencing and summarizing the IATA DGR regulations. Students will also use the IATA DGR in simulated examples to further their understanding of the structure and sections of the IATA DGR regarding dangerous goods transportation by aircraft.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a training certificate that satisfies IATA DGR 1.5.5 for training record retention purposes.

• 49 CFR 2-Day Initial Training
• 49 CFR and IATA 3-Day Initial Training
• 49 CFR 2-Day Recurrent Training
• Multi-Modal 4-Day Initial Training

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• IATA 3-Day Accredited Initial Training
• IATA 1-Day Recurrent Training
• 49 CFR and IATA 3-Day Initial Training
• Multi-Modal 4-Day Initial Training

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• IMDG 3-Day Initial Training
• IMDG 1-Day Recurrent Training
• Multi-Modal 4-Day Initial Training

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