Transportation and Handling of Lithium Batteries

This 3-days training aims to meet the two-year Lithium Batteries training requirement. This course can be utilised by businesses to ensure that they comply with industry standards, regulations and quality expectations. Anyone involved in handling, packing, accepting, or transporting lithium batteries must have qualified personnel, processes, infrastructure, systems and procedures in place.This ensures that hazardous shipments are transported safely and in accordance with regulations. During the course, you will have the opportunity to review the concepts of shipping lithium batteries by air, learn about changes to the Lithium Batteries Regulations (LBSR), and familiarise yourself with the latest safety incidents and lessons learned. You will also have the chance to refresh your knowledge and receive updates on the Lithium Batteries Audit Checklist, as well as clarifications based on audit findings.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply the recent updates of the IATA Lithium
• Batteries Shipping Regulations (LBSR)
• Increase safety awareness by learning about recent incidents and accidents
• Explain and apply the latest Lithium Batteries
• Audit Checklist requirements
• Implement corrective actions plan as applicable, to address audit findings, to ensure quality across your operations

• Regulatory updates and safety:
  • Review on changes in the Lithium Batteries
  • Shipping Regulations (LBSR)
  • Safety incidents and risk management
  • Ethics and accountability
• Audit report and action plan
  • Lithium Batteries Checklist and updates
  • Sustainable quality and compliance
  • Issuing DGD for the transport of LB’s
• Final exam

• Recent updates to the Lithium Batteries Shipping Regulations (LBSR)
• Safety incidents
• Critical control points and risk management
• Recent updates to the CEIV LithiumBatteries
• Audit Checklist
• Safety/Quality managers
• Airlines, ground handlers and freight forwarders
• Warehouse and operations managers
• Shippers and trucking companies

A certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the course and an assessment. The certificate is valid for 24 months, and authorised by the luxembourgish civil aviation "DAC".