Security training now mandatory

April 1 saw the
introduction of Air Cargo
Security Awareness
Training – under Appendix
B of the Technical
Standards of Part-109
of the Civil Aviation
Regulations.
“This training is
required by every single
person working at an
airport or who visits
sensitive areas of the
airport regularly,” says Bob
Garbett of Professional
Risk & Asset Management.
“Sections of the
industry have rejected
the requirement for this
training as ‘just another
money making racket’,”
said Garbett.
But he makes it clear
that this is the law –
which was subjected to
industry scrutiny before
promulgation – and anyone
without this qualification
will not be allowed to enter
airport premises.