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This Subpart prescribes rules governing the dangerous goods training requirements for—
(1) regular shippers of dangerous goods and their agents; and
(2) operators who accept dangerous goods for carriage by air; and
(3) handling agents who accept dangerous goods for carriage by air; and
(4) agencies, organisations, and persons, other than operators, involved in processing or carrying by air either passengers or cargo; and
(5) agencies engaged in the searching of passengers and their baggage.
(a) A holder of an air operator certificate issued in accordance with Part 119, or the certificate holder’s handling agent must ensure that personnel who are assigned duties involving dangerous goods that are intended for carriage by air have satisfactorily completed a dangerous goods training programme, including recurrent training under rule 92.205, in accordance with Appendix A conducted by—
(1) the holder of an air operator certificate issued in accordance with Part 119 if the certificate authorises dangerous goods training; or
(2) the holder of an aviation training organisation certificate issued in accordance with Part 141 if the certificate authorises dangerous goods training.
(b) A person, other than the holder of an air operator certificate or the certificate holder’s handling agent, must ensure that personnel assigned duties involving dangerous goods that are intended for carriage by air have satisfactorily completed a dangerous goods training programme, including recurrent training under rule 92.205 if applicable, in accordance with Appendix A conducted by—
(1) the holder of an aviation training organisation certificate issued in accordance with Part 141 if the certificate authorises dangerous goods training; or
(2) IATA; or
(3) an IATA authorised training centre; or
(4) if the personnel are AvSec personnel, AvSec.
(c) An operator of a New Zealand registered aircraft in a foreign State is not required to comply with paragraph (a) if the loading and unloading of aircraft is performed by personnel of that State who—
(1) are supervised by a person who has completed the training requirements under rule 92.203; or
(2) have satisfactorily completed a dangerous goods training programme required by that State; or
(3) have satisfactorily completed a dangerous goods training programme conducted by—
(i) another operator that is a member airline of IATA; or
(ii) IATA itself; or
(iii) a training centre authorised by IATA.
(d) An operator or handling agent of a foreign registered aircraft in New Zealand is not required to comply with paragraph (a) if the personnel who are assigned dangerous goods duties have satisfactorily completed a dangerous goods training programme required by the State of the aircraft’s registry.
(a) A person who is required under rule 92.203 to have completed a dangerous goods training programme must—
(1) within 2 years of completing the programme, undertake a recurrent dangerous goods training programme; and
(2) repeat the recurrent dangerous goods training programme at intervals not exceeding 2 years.
(b) If a person completes a training programme within 60 days before the date on which it is required, the person is deemed to have completed the training programme on the date that it is required.
(a) A person to whom this Subpart applies must retain a record, for every person assigned duties involving dangerous goods, for the duration of the person’s employment.
(b) The record required to be retained under paragraph (a) must identify for each person—
(1) the initial training programme and last recurrent training undertaken; and
(2) when it was undertaken; and
(3) the identity of the person and organisation that conducted the training; and
(4) the result and competence achieved.
