DANGEROUS GOODS INSPECTOR’S HANDBOOK

1 DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 'S. HANDBOOK . Edition - 2010. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 'S HANDBOOK . TABLE OF CONTENTS. TABLE OF CONTENTS .. 1. RECORD OF 3. 1. INTRODUCTION .. 4. INTRODUCTION TO DG SURVEILLANCE AUDIT .. 4. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE .. 5. DANGEROUS GOODS DIVISION .. 5. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHIEF inspector .. 5. DANGEROUS GOODS INSPECTORS .. 5. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DG INSPECTORS .. 6. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector TRAINING .. 6. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector INITIAL/ ON THE JOB TRAINING. REQUIREMENTS .. 7. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector RECURRENT / REFRESHER TRAINING. REQUIREMENTS .. 10. DANGEROUS GOODS DIVISION - CONTACT DETAILS .. 11. AUDITS AND REPORTING PROCEDURES .. 13. ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME (ASP) .. 13. SURVEILLANCE AUDIT 13. ADVANCE NOTICE TO THE ORGANIZATION .. 15. PARTICIPATION OF OTHER DGCA OFFICIALS DURING THE AUDIT .. 15. CATEGORIES OF AUDIT FINDINGS .. 15. LEVEL 1 FINDING- IMMEDIATE ACTION .. 15. DE-BRIEFING AND FINALIZATION OF AUDIT FINDINGS.

2 15. AUDIT FINDINGS/FOLLOW-UP .. 16. MONTHLY AUDIT REPORTS .. 16. REVIEW OF MONTHLY AUDIT REPORTS/ASP 16. inspector 'S PROCEDURE AT THE TIME OF GRANT OF APPROVAL TO CARRY. DANGEROUS GOODS .. 16. 4. INSPECTION CHECKLISTS .. 17. Inspection checklist for the operators which are certified to carry DANGEROUS GOODS by air .. 17. Inspection Checklist for the operators which are not certified to carry DANGEROUS GOODS by air .. 17. Inspection checklist for the grant of approval to carry DANGEROUS GOODS .. 17. Inspection checklist for GHA, airport operator, shippers and other entities .. 17. Checklist for the approval of CH-35 and CH-28 of flight operations manual .. 17. 5. Applicable Rules and Civil Aviation Requirements .. 18. Aircraft Rule (Carriage of DANGEROUS GOODS ) 2003 .. 18. CAR Section-11 Series D' Part 30. CAR Section-11 Series E' Part I .. 30. APPENDIX- A .. 31. ADVANCE NOTICE TO THE ORGANIZATION - TEMPLATE .. 31. APPENDIX- 32. AUDIT FINDING REPORT TO THE ORGANIZATION - 32.

3 APPENDIX- C .. 33. MONTHLY REPORT - TEMPLATE .. 33. DANGEROUS GOODS Division, New Delhi 1 EDITION 2010, Revision 5. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 'S HANDBOOK . APPENDIX- D .. 35. Inspection checklist for air operators certified to carry DANGEROUS GOODS .. 35. APPENDIX- 50. Inspection checklist air operators not certified to carry DANGEROUS GOODS .. 50. APPENDIX- F .. 64. Checklist for the Grant of Authorization for the Carriage of DANGEROUS GOODS by Air .. 64. APPENDIX- G .. 80. Inspection checklist Ground handling agencies, Airport operator, Shippers or Other entities .. 80. APPENDIX- H .. 92. Approval checklist of chapter 28 & 35 of flight operational manual .. 92. APPENDIX -I. Guidelines for DANGEROUS GOODS inspector to check system of providing information about DANGEROUS GOODS that are not permitted in passenger's baggage 95. DANGEROUS GOODS Division, New Delhi 2 EDITION 2010, Revision 5. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 'S HANDBOOK . RECORD OF REVISION. LIST OF. DATE OF. SR. NO SUBJECT EFFECTIVE.

4 REVISION. PAGES. 1 CHANGE OF CHIEF inspector 02/11/2010 Page No. 14. 2 CHANGE OF inspector 11/06/2012 Page No. 14. 3 inspector TRAINING PROGRAMME 19/12/2012 Pages Nos. 8-12. 4 DANGEROUS GOODS TRAINING 03/8/2017 Page No 6-7. 5 DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 03/8/2017 Page No. 13. CONTACT DETAILS. 6 SURVEILLANCE AUDIT CHECKLIST 03/8/2017 Page No. 15-16. 8 INSPECTORS' PROCEDURE AT THE TIME 03/8/2017 Page No. 18. OF GRANT OF APPROVAL TO CARRY. DANGEROUS GOODS BY AIR. 9 APPENDIX D 03/8/2017 Page No. 71-85. 10 APPENDIX E 03/8/2017 Page No. 87-98. 11 REPORTING OF DANGEROUS GOODS 03/7/2018 Page No. 5,6,15,16. inspector TO CHIEF INSPECTORS OF. DANGEROUS GOODS . 12 DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 03/7/2018 Page No. 11. CONTACT DETAILS. 13 SURVEILLANCE AUDIT CHECKLIST 03/7/2018 Page and 17. 14 RANDOM INSPECTION 03/7/2018 Page No. 13. 15 APPENDIX F 03/7/2018 Page No. 64-79. 16 APPENDIX G 03/7/2018 Page No. 80-91. 17 APPENDIX H 03/7/2018 Page No. 92-94. 18 APPENDIX I 03/7/2018 Page No. 95-96. DANGEROUS GOODS Division, New Delhi 3 EDITION 2010, Revision 5.

5 DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 'S HANDBOOK . 1. INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION TO DG SURVEILLANCE AUDIT. India is a contracting state to the Convention of International Civil Aviation and a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has an obligation to promote the safe, orderly and efficient operation of aviation activities. To meet state obligations, DGCA has laid down national regulations to ensure compliance with various Standard & Recommended Practices laid down by ICAO in Annexes to the Convention. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is a regulatory body dealing mainly with safety issues. DGCA is also responsible for regulation of air transport services to/from/within India and for enforcement of civil air regulations, airworthiness and air safety. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has developed a system of surveillance to ensure continuing organizational, as well as individual, professional competency of licence/rating/certificate/approval holders, continuing capacity to maintain a safe and regular operation by air operators and service providers and continuing capacity to properly maintain aviation related Aircraft Maintenance Organizations and other areas such as DANGEROUS GOODS , Aerodromes and Air Navigation Services.

6 The purpose of the Surveillance is to help DGCA to understand the state of compliance of the audited organizations and to identify corrective actions that may needed to ensure the performance of the organizations meet the regulatory requirements and safety standards. In order to effectively implement the Surveillance Programme, a Division within DGCA for DANGEROUS GOODS has been established under the control of Chief inspector - DANGEROUS GOODS . The Office of the Chief inspector is located in DGCA- Headquarters in New Delhi. To carry out the Surveillance in scheduled and organized manner, specialist in the field of DANGEROUS GOODS from DGCA, Industry and service provider have been appointed as DANGEROUS GOODS inspectors. These Inspectors are required to carry out the inspection of the operators and other agencies such as shippers, freight forwarders, airport operators etc. in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Aircraft (Carriage of DANGEROUS GOODS ) Rules 2003, Technical Instructions on the Safe Transport of DANGEROUS GOODS by Air.

7 Detailed guidelines and procedures for carry out such audits have been detailed in this DANGEROUS GOODS Inspectors HANDBOOK which is based on Civil Aviation Requirement, Section 11- Safe Transport of DANGEROUS GOODS by, Series D Part I, Issue III dated 08th January 2010. DANGEROUS GOODS Division, New Delhi 4 EDITION 2010, Revision 5. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 'S HANDBOOK . 2. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE. DANGEROUS GOODS DIVISION. In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Aircraft (Carriage of DANGEROUS GOODS ) Rules 2003, DANGEROUS GOODS Division of the DGCA shall deal with all matters related to DANGEROUS GOODS . The DANGEROUS GOODS Division is headed by the Chief inspector of DANGEROUS GOODS who is responsible for the entire management of DANGEROUS GOODS Division of DGCA. The Office of the Chief inspector is located in: Office of the DGCA. Technical Centre, Opposite to Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi 110003. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHIEF inspector . The Chief inspector of DANGEROUS GOODS shall be responsible for ensuring the compliance with the Aircraft (Carriage of DANGEROUS GOODS ) Rules 2003.

8 His functions shall include the following: a) He shall be responsible for coordination of all matters relating to DANGEROUS GOODS ;. b) He shall draw the annual/quarterly/monthly and random surveillance programme and ensure its implementation within the stipulated time-frame c) He shall ensure that the surveillance progamme covers the air operators, ground handling agencies, airport operators, shippers and other entities. d) He shall ensure that the inspection checklist covers the handling responsivities if subcontracted to an external handling company and that the air operator provides subcontractor with appropriate documents and manuals e) He shall assign an inspector for the inspection of the operator at the time of grant of approval of the carriage of DANGEROUS GOODS by air DANGEROUS GOODS INSPECTORS. DANGEROUS GOODS Inspectors from DGCA and DANGEROUS GOODS Training Organisations shall report to the Chief inspector of DANGEROUS GOODS and one DG. inspector shall be attached to DGCA Headquarters.

9 DANGEROUS GOODS Division, New Delhi 5 EDITION 2010, Revision 5. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 'S HANDBOOK . DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DG INSPECTORS. The DANGEROUS GOODS Inspectors shall: Assist the DGCA in carrying out the DANGEROUS GOODS inspection/audit/surveillance;. a) Make himself available as when required by the Chief Inspectors of DANGEROUS GOODS and carry out the assigned tasks including preparation and conduct of audit , de-briefing meetings, finalization of audit findings, communication of audit findings to the organisation, follow up for corrective action and also preparation of report;. b) Demonstrate complete independence during the inspection by performing his duties in a fair, impartial and objective manner; and c) Shall follow the Surveillance Procedures detailed in this HANDBOOK . DANGEROUS GOODS inspector TRAINING. The DANGEROUS GOODS inspector must be trained in every aspect of his/her duties. Minimum training requirements and the duration of the training is mentioned below: 1.

10 Shall participate in two days initial training upon joining the DANGEROUS GOODS Division. 2. Shall participate in a recurrent training once every two years. 3. Training of new DANGEROUS GOODS Inspectors is under the direction of the Joint Director General. 4. As a representative of DGCA, it is imperative that the DANGEROUS GOODS inspector maintain the knowledge and skills required to fulfill his / her responsibilities and maintain qualifications. This is accomplished through attendance at appropriate technical and non-technical training courses. 5. Training plan is approved by the Joint Director General. A training record must be established and maintained for the period of 24 months of each DANGEROUS GOODS inspector at the Headquarters. DANGEROUS GOODS Division, New Delhi 6 EDITION 2010, Revision 5. DANGEROUS GOODS inspector 'S HANDBOOK . DANGEROUS GOODS inspector INITIAL/ ON THE JOB TRAINING. REQUIREMENTS. Part A Core Training Program Date & Signature Welcome Introduction to immediate workgroup and other employees Expectations hours of work Module One Administrative duties Making Notes/ Approvals.