Dangerous Goods Awareness & CBTA Foundation

A 1-hour WBT foundation for flight crew, maintenance, operations and handling personnel who need dangerous-goods awareness under the ICAO Technical Instructions, CBTA principles and EASA Air OPS.

  • Authority: ICAO
  • Duration: 1 hours
  • CPD: 1 hours
  • Price: €60
  • Language: en
  • Online, self-paced, with a verifiable certificate of completion

About this course

Dangerous Goods Awareness & CBTA Foundation is a concise one-hour WBT equivalent course built from the supplied syllabus SYL-DG-CBTA-2026V1. It covers the legal hierarchy from ICAO Annex 18 and Doc 9284 through EASA Air OPS and operator procedure, the responsibilities of employers and individuals, the CBTA method in ICAO Doc 10147, hazard-class recognition, lithium-battery and hidden-DG risk, occurrence reporting, and immediate emergency response. The course is written for flight crew, maintenance, operations and handling personnel who need a documented awareness record and assessed competency confirmation. It closes with a protected server-graded assessment at 80% pass and a 24-month certificate validity.

Syllabus

Module 1: Legal Framework & Regulatory Foundations

International and regional dangerous-goods law, plus employer and individual responsibilities under the training record.

  • International and regional dg law
  • Employer and individual responsibilities

Module 2: Competency-Based Training & Assessment Architecture

How CBTA converts job tasks into knowledge, skills, attitudes, assessment evidence and recurrent training needs.

  • The cbta system
  • Training needs analysis and assessment plans

Module 3: Dangerous Goods Classification & Hazard Recognition

The nine hazard classes, lithium batteries, special hazards and hidden dangerous goods in everyday aviation work.

  • Nine hazard classes and labels
  • Lithium batteries and special hazards
  • Hidden dangerous goods awareness

Module 4: Operational Handling, Reporting & Emergency Protocols

Reporting undeclared or hidden dangerous goods and taking immediate, procedure-led emergency action on the ground or in flight.

  • Reporting undeclared and hidden dg
  • In flight and ground emergency response
  • Final exam dg cbta

Regulation references

ICAO Annex 18, ICAO Doc 9284, ICAO Doc 10147, ICAO Doc 9481, ORO.GEN.110, SPA.DG.105

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