Warehouse Cargo Officer

Cargo handling & logistics · Special cargo · Classroom · Certificate: Aviato Academy

Target Audience

• Warehouse staff responsible for ULD set-up tasks
• Staff involved in warehouse supervision.
• Staff involved in planning aircraft loads and RFS services
• ULD control management staff

Objectives

This course is applicable to (future) personnel involved in airport warehouse operations. It includes several objectives to ensure a thorough knowledge of the applicable measures for the safe handling and storage of air cargo.

On completion of the course, the candidate will be able to

• Understand the airport environment, specific terminologies in English, air flow and its position in the supply chain
• Apply the basic rules of airport safety and security (airside safety / security awareness)
• Interpret basic human factors concepts and recognise, understand and mitigate the impact of human factors and airside errors.
• Control, handle, store and determine the airworthiness and weight limits of the ULD.
• Summarise the ULD certification process.
• Identify the different types of ULDs and their load capacity
• Know how to plan and limit cargo when distributing the load in/on a ULD for an aircraft
• Understand the storage and distribution processes applied to pharmaceutical products in the supply chain.
• Understand the regulations relating to the labelling, packaging, and storage of hazardous materials.

Course content

• Knowledge of the airport environment and specific vocabulary
• The air cargo flow and the role of the different stakeholders
• General security awareness based on the European Regulation 2015/1998 chapter 11.2.7.
• Airside safety:
  • Apron safety
  • Foreign Object Debris (FOD)
  • Jet blast and engine intake
• Human Factors:
  • Understanding Human Factors
  • Human Factors and Airport Safety
  • Managing Human Factors Errors
• Warehouse processes and safety
• Construction of LDUs
  • ULD functions and certification requirements
  • Handling, storage, airworthiness and loading capacity of ULDs
  • Planning of ULDs in size/ contour and maximum weight for different aircraft types according to ULDR/AHM
  • Setting up ULDs for aircraft and cargo limitation according to UL DR/AHM
• Observe in the field the implementation of ULDs
• Loading of non-standard cargo such as AVI, PER and dangerous goods
• Net securing
• Checking for compliance with airworthiness standards and setting up a ULD at a basic level.
• How to ensure the safety of pharmaceutical products before or during transport, storage or transhipment.
• Identification and classification of dangerous goods
• Recognise and identify dangerous goods labels and packaging specification markings
• Be familiar with the shipper’s declaration and other relevant documents
• Be familiar with the allowances applicable to dangerous goods contained in passenger and crew baggage
• Be familiar with emergency response procedures for dangerous goods