Dangerous Goods Awareness

Target Audience

All involve in Dangerous Goods transportation activities.

Aim

The Dangerous Goods Awareness course has been designed to provide awareness of the regulations governing the transport of dangerous goods. This course will cover basic theory and practical aspects of the transport of dangerous goods.

Upon successful completion of this course the attendee will be able to:

Apply dangerous goods regulations
Understand the dangerous goods classification system
How dangerous goods are:

  • Packed
  • Marked
  • Labelled
  • Documented

Operational issues regarding dangerous goods
Responsibilities
Where to find information when encountering any problems

IATA Dangerous Goods By Air

Target Audience

Shippers, packers, freight forwarders / cargo agents processing dangerous goods and acceptance staff responsible for dangerous goods shipments.

Aim

The aim of this course is to ensure that students can prepare a dangerous goods shipment in accordance with the requirements of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations or verify that a dangerous goods shipment has been properly prepared for acceptance by an operator.

Upon successful completion of this course the attendee will be able to:

  • Understand and apply the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations
  • Understand their responsibilities
  • Classify dangerous goods according to the type of hazard and degree of danger
  • Identify Proper Shipping Names
  • Identify dangerous goods which are forbidden for air transport
  • Understand and apply the information contained in the List of Dangerous Goods
  • Correctly pack dangerous goods in the appropriate packaging.
  • Mark and label packages
  • Document shipments
  • Accept or reject a shipment based on the above
  • Appropriately handle and stow dangerous goods

IMDG Dangerous Goods By Sea

Target Audience

Shippers, packers, freight forwarders / cargo agents processing dangerous goods and any other relevant shore-side personnel.

Aim & Objectives

The aim of this course is to ensure that students can prepare any dangerous goods shipment in accordance with the requirements of the IMDG Code.

To ensure that personnel responsible for shipping dangerous goods can:

  • Understand and apply the IMDG Dangerous Goods Regulations
  • Understand their responsibilities
  • Classify dangerous goods according to the type of hazard and degree of
  • danger
  • Identify Proper Shipping Names
  • Understand and apply the information contained in the Dangerous
  • Goods List
  • Correctly pack dangerous goods in the appropriate packaging
  • Mark and label packages