Cargo & DGR

DGR Awareness – General Cargo Acceptance Personnel (Category 4, 7)

DGR Awareness – General Cargo Acceptance Personnel (Category 4, 7)

Comply with mandatory training requirements for all personnel involved in the transport of dangerous goods. Based on the 2007 edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. This training programme is based on the Dangerous Goods Training Workbook 5.


How You Will Benefit

  • Equip your staff with vital Dangerous Goods knowledge and training that is function specific to this area;
  • Reduce your Dangerous Goods awareness training costs;
  • Simplify the management of your training requirements;
  • Certify your staff with internationally recognized Dangerous Goods training

Please be aware that as per the IATA DGR, section 1.5.3, dangerous goods training for operators’ personnel must be subjected to review and approval by the appropriate authority of the State of the Operator.


Designed for

This course is designed specifically for personnel accepting general cargo, other than dangerous goods, employed by or working on behalf of operators, freight forwarders, cargo agents and agencies acting on behalf of operators.


Course Content

  • Applicability 
  • Limitations
  • Classification - Classes and Divisions
  • Identification
  • Marking and Labeling
  • Documentation
  • Acceptance
  • Dangerous Goods Emergency Response

Note: It is recommended that students have a copy of the Dangerous Goods Training Workbook 5.

Course Duration
4 hours (approximately)

Exam & Certificate
All candidates will be given three attempts to successfully complete the exam at the end of the course. To successfully pass the exam, the student must achieve a grade of 80% or higher.

Upon successful completion of the exam, the student will be provided with a DGR Awareness e-Certificate that can be printed.

Minimum System Requirements

  • Hardware:
    • Pentium II 300MHz
    • 64MB RAM
    • 16bit SB compatible sound card
  • Software:
    • MS Windows 98 SE
    • MS Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2
    • Macromedia Flash 6
    • MS Windows Media Player 7


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