THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association recently added its accreditation to a South African dangerous goods educational course aimed at the air transport industry and offered by a local import/export training facility. “We were Teta (Transport Education Training Authority), CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) and Acsa (Airports Company of South Africa) accredited, but now our dangerous goods course has the full endorsement of Iata as well,” said Rita de Swardt, director of Cargo Learning Academy. “Candidates now take with them an internationally recognised set of skills and knowledge on par with international standards,” she said. “Iata usually takes up to 16 weeks to make their decision, but we were relieved when they contacted us after two weeks with the good news.”
