Dangerous Goods Regulations Category 6 Initial

Inter and intra-company training

Who is the training for?

  • Airline cargo acceptance and cargo agency staff
  • Cargo operations and ground handling staff
  • Station managers responsible for the safe transport of dangerous goods
  • Shippers, cargo agents, consolidators, freight forwarders
  • Instructional designers and instructors of DGR

Level reached

Beginner

Duration

5,00 day(s)

5 days x 8 hours

Language(s) of service

EN

Prerequisites

Fluent in English

Goals

  • Apply IATA’s DGR manual and complete dangerous goods transport documents correctly
  • Apply regulations to identify, pack, mark, label and document dangerous goods
  • Perform the responsibilities involved in accepting, storing, loading and inspecting dangerous goods
  • Understand the legal responsibilities involved with the transport of dangerous goods, including Radioactive Material

Contents

Key topics

  • Interpret and review the current IATA DGR manual
  • Responsibilities of operator and shipper
  • Limitations
  • Excepted and limited quantities
  • State and operators’ variations
  • Classification and identification
  • The nine hazard classes
  • Alphabetic list and precedence of hazards table
  • Special provisions
  • Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) entries
  • Mixtures and solutions
  • Packaging, marking, and labelling requirements
  • UN specifications
  • Limited quantities
  • Compatibility and segregation of packages
  • Shipment of radioactive materials
  • Procedures
  • Loading, storage and inspection
  • Emergency procedures
  • Air waybill, Shipper’s Declaration for Dangerous Goods, and Notification to Captain

Teaching methods

  • IATA Instructor and IATA Certification
  • IATA DG Accredited Training School
  • Approved DG6 Training by Direction de l'aviation civile du Luxembourg

Evaluation

Exam at the end of session

  • 80% passing score
  • 90% Distinction
  • 4 Hours Test

Certificate, diploma

IATA DG6 Initial Certification

Additional information

Licence is valid for 24 months

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