New company provides guidance on Part 108 compliance

AFTER THE agreement last year between Global Trade Training and the Professional Aviation Group of companies to form a joint-venture known as Professional Aviation Training, the company’s training schedule has moved on apace, according to head of the training division, Charles Dey. “We have presented an outsourced package from Bob Garbett and the team at Professional Risk and Asset Management to show forwarding companies and their clients how to register as “regulated agents” and “known consignors” – and be in complete compliance with Part 108,” he told FTW. Also, on the recommendation of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), he added, the joint-venture was recently awarded an Aviation Training Organisation (ATO) certificate for “dangerous goods by air” training in the International Air Transport Association (Iata) Categories 3 to 12. Training will be conducted at Professional Aviation’s premises at Lanseria, which can presently accommodate up to twelve people – but with room for expansion to meet future requirements, according to Dey. Courses are also to be offered in Durban in the near future. “Now that the ATO certificate has been awarded by the CAA we are in a position to apply for Transport Education and Training Authority (Teta) accreditation,” he said, “which will permit freight forwarders to include this training in their funding grant claims. “The certificate also enables us to finalise our Iata application for registration as an Iata/Fiata authorised training centre.” To provide security training which meets both the requirements of Part 108 and the international criteria, Professional Aviation has also been in contact with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao). “This,” Dey added, “has been designed so that we can provide Icao-accredited air cargo security training. “From an SA-compliance point-ofview, this training will be unit standards aligned and Teta-accredited.”