| (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, |
| (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)]
