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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 92 : Conveyance of Dangerous Goods

Subpart 2 : Training

92.02.2 Dangerous goods training programmes - establishment and maintenance

 

(1) An air service operator or an entity involved in the conveyance of dangerous goods shall establish and maintain a dangerous goods training programme which shall be approved by the Director.

 

(2) An entity referred to in subregulation (1) shall include—
(a) a shipper of dangerous goods, including a packer and a person or organisation undertaking the responsibilities of a shipper;
(b) a ground handling agency which performs, on behalf of an air service operator, the act of accepting, handling, loading, unloading, transferring, or other processing of cargo or mail;
(c) a ground handling agency located at an aerodrome which perform, on behalf of an air service operator, the act of processing passengers;
(d) a ground handling agency, not located at an aerodrome, which performs, on behalf of an air service operator, the act of checking in passengers;
(e) a freight forwarder, consolidator, or courier;
(f) a ground handling agency engaged in the security screening of passengers and crew and their baggage, cargo, or mail; and
(g) a designated postal company.

 

(3) A training programme referred to in subregulation (1) shall be based on the competency-based training and assessment approach, including the following elements:
(a) applied design methodology,
(b) initial and recurrent training,
(c) assessment,
(d) instructor qualifications and competencies,
(e) training records; and
(f) evaluation of the effectiveness of a training programme as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 92.

 

(4) An entity referred to in subregulation (2), shall issue a competency card, as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 92, upon a successful completion of on-the-job training assessment and such competency card shall be carried at all times by its holder.

 

(5) An air service operator shall establish a dangerous goods training programme regardless of whether such air service operator is approved to convey dangerous goods or not.

 

(6) A training programme established and maintained by or on behalf of a foreign air service operator, shall be approved by appropriate authority of a State of such operator and shall be submitted for acceptance by the Director.

 

(7) An air service operator or entity referred to in subregulation (1) shall—
(a) maintain training and assessment records as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 92.
(b) remain responsible for aspects of a training programme conducted by a third party organisation;
(c) designate personnel to conduct ‘on the job training’ as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 92; and
(d) select the correct syllabus for training and define the correct categories or types of personnel as per information prescribed in Document SA-CATS 92.

 

[Regulation 92.02.2 inserted by regulation 12(c) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]