Air Transportation of Dangerous Goods
Air transportation of dangerous goods, being more dangerous by nature, requires a more restrictive approach and is governed commercially by the International Air Transporter's Association (IATA). There are very specific packaging and documentation requirements. Each shipment is inspected before take-off, and may be rejected if not properly prepared causing delays and loss of business. Several products exempted under the surface regulations are fully regulated by air.
Shippers: AIR-101
Target audience
Aimed at personnel preparing shipments for air transport (domestic and international).
Course Outline
- Legal responsibilities;
- Use of the IATA dangerous goods regulations (DGR);
- Classification of Dangerous Goods (shipping description);
- 9 classes of dangerous goods;
- General and UN specification packaging requirements;
- Specific air transport packaging requirements;
- Marking and labelling of packages for air transport;
- Shipper's declaration for dangerous goods and air waybill;
- Loading requirements (segregation);
- Incident reports;
- State and operator variations (USA and Canada in particular);
- Q value calculation (all packed in one);
- Exemptions (limited and exempted quantities).
Duration
Between 4 and 14 hours, according to the number of products involved.