Transport of Live Animals for Passenger Handling Personnel

New eLearning – IATA Course – English

About

When shipping or accepting live animals for transport by air, you must know how to use and comply with the IATA Live Animals Regulations (LAR). The IATA LAR is the global standard and essential guide to transporting live animals by air in a safe and humane manner. Whether you are a shipper, a freight forwarder or a cargo acceptance representative, a working knowledge of LAR is a must to ensure that live animals are transported in compliance with airline regulations and animal welfare standards. Learn about container requirements, documentation requirements, and awareness of animals’ health. Learn how to comply with standards and international welfare regulations.

Note: This course meets the training requirements for handling and acceptance personnel, as per the Live Animals Regulations (LAR) Section 1.4

“Whether you are an Airline, a Handling agent, Reservation or Check-in staff, a working knowledge of LAR is a must to ensure that live animals are transported in compliance with airline regulations and animal welfare standards.”

Course format

This course requires approximately 1.5 hours of study to be completed in 6 months from the purchase date (enrollment validity).

After the enrollment validity expires, you will not have access to the course content and will not be able to take the exam.

Student performance will be based on an examination. Please refer to the Exam Information below for more details.

What you will learn

Protect the safety and welfare of animals on the ground and in the air
Describe container design principles for live animals
Determine which container requirement is applicable to the animal being transported
Describe carrier requirements and government regulations
Identify relevant documentation

Course content

Correct use of IATA’s Live Animals Regulations manual
Shipper’s and Carrier’s responsibilities
Government and airline regulations
Documentation, marking and labelling requirements for live animal shipments.
Classification of live animals and identification of the correct container requirement

Who should attend

Airline passenger representatives
Customer Service personnel
Reservations and Operations staff
Passenger Handling Personnel

IATA Certificate awarded

Upon successful completion of the exam, you will be awarded an IATA e-Certificate available for you to print for your records. As per LAR 1.4, this Certificate is valid for 36 months.

Exam information

Exam Delivery Method: Non-supervised online-based exam, can be taken any time at your convenience.
Format: Multiple Choice questions.
Number of questions: 20.
Time Allowance: 60 minutes.
Passing Grade: 80% correct answers.
Number of exam attempts: 2.

Price, Availability

Course fee by user : 125 EUR
All locations, 24/7 e-learning

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