Pharmaceutical Air Cargo Transport Handling Diploma

4 courses to be completed in 1 year

Pharmaceutical products are lucrative and fast-growing cargo commodities for businesses across the value chain. Are you qualified to claim your share? The pharmaceutical industry spends billions each year to ensure the reliable and compliant transport of its products, and its expectations for your cargo business are high. This diploma will prepare you with the regulatory and operational foundations you need to start handling temperature-controlled shipments and show you how to build specialized pharmaceutical services into your daily operations.

Diploma code: DIPL-78

Four specialized courses will give you a complete overview of the cold chain, allowing you to:

• Relate the logistical needs of the international healthcare industry and ensure compliance with its regulations
• Mitigate risks common to the transport of pharmaceutical time and temperature-sensitive shipments
• Implement a Quality Management System in your operations to ensure consistent and reliable service, compliance and continuous improvement
• Establish an integrated temperature-control logistics system in compliance with national and international regulations
• Establish process-driven quality and risk management system in all aspects of the air freight supply chain, from temperature-controlled infrastructure, qualified transport equipment and vehicles to well-trained professionals..

Key topics include

• International standards and guidelines for healthcare shipments
• Temperature-controlled management
• Risk management for the cold chain
• Temperature-sensitive product handling
• Temperature-controlled equipment and infrastructure
• IATA CEIV program audit checklist
• Lean Six Sigma management

Recommended for global transport professionals working in:

• Global distribution of pharmaceutical products
• Airline, ground handling or freight forwarding operations
• Cargo quality, audit and risk management
• Warehouse and ramp operations

"As CAL’s Temperature Controlled & Special Products Manager it’s critical that I am up to speed with the most advanced knowledge and expertise. CAL is an early adopter of industry regulations so it was clear that IATA’s training was an important process.

We took a holistic corporate approach to the training, bringing the IATA staff to CAL and conducting sessions in-house. This guaranteed we covered every aspect of the company and ensured standardization across the entire chain. The training was held over a period of 10 days, with 20 participants. During the training internal discussions naturally arose and the IATA staff acted as mediators. As a result, we see an increase in the quality and efficiency of in-house service.

The value I received was tremendous, and the whole team was left feeling empowered. The up-to-date information and increased knowledge has helped us to raise the quality of our service to customers, improve the aspect of our business such as our QA agreements, SLAs, SOPs, and to optimize our performance while drafting those documents".

Navot Hirschhorn,
Temperature Controlled & Special Products Manager, CAL Cargo Airlines

A passing mark is required on all assignments and exams. A special distinction is awarded to candidates who obtain a distinction in all, or all but one, of all course exams and assignments that make up this Diploma.

How to obtain your diploma

1. Complete all 4 Required courses that make up the Diploma, within 1 year.
2. Please contact us on our Customer Portal to request your diploma, stating the title of the diploma you are applying for and the list of courses you completed for that diploma.
3. IATA Training will issue your diploma upon verification of your eligibility.