RACA Online Training

This course is applicable for:

•  Every person who has access to a consignment of cargo or mail that has been accepted by the applicant’s organisation for carriage by air has the appropriate training in the security control procedures for the storage and transportation of the consignments.
• Every person who carries out a security control function in relation to cargo or mail that is accepted by the applicant’s organisation for carriage by air is appropriately trained and assessed as competent to carry out the security control function'

Learning outcomes of this course:

At the end of this course, the trainees will be able:

• Describe the types of people who may pose a threat to civil aviation. 
•  Explain why civil aviation an attractive target for terrorist groups and others is in attempting unlawfully to interfere with civil aircraft. 
• State the responsibilities of the Civil Aviation Authority in relation to security of air cargo. 
• State why air cargo activities are vulnerable to attack. 
• Identify incident reporting requirements
• State the overall objectives of the security controls measures relating to air cargo. 
• Explain the difference between known and unknown customers and the requirements for accepting cargo from known and unknown customers and explain the systems and procedures used by known customers. 
• Identify and be able to explain the differences in internal company procedures for handling cargo from known and unknown customers. 
• State the RACA’s responsibility and obligations in relation to Part 109. 
• State the purpose of access control and cargo protection. 
• State the methods of access control and cargo protection used by a RACA and the importance of understanding the methods used within their own organisation. 
•  Identify the importance of knowing who to contact (within their organisation) in the event of a security problem. 
•  Explain the procedure for the issue of a declaration of security. 
• Recognise the key responsibilities of staff ensuring access controls are applied 
• Recognise the action to be taken in the event the access controls are circumvented 

This course covers requirements outlined in AC 109-1 Appendix A. The nature and scale of the RACA’s operation, and the scope of the services that they provide will dictate what additional (in-house) training is required to fulfil RACA authorisation procedures.

To hold a RACA approval, CAA requires that:

This training has been designed to meet the syllabus and content requirements outlined in AC 109-1 Appendix A. The nature and scale of the RACA’s operation, and the scope of the services that they provide will dictate what additional (in-house) training is required to fulfil RACA authorisation procedures.

RACA personnel must be assessed as competent to carry out the functions for which the authorisation is intended, this is completed within the RACA itself based on the RACA's CAA-approved exposition (and applicable SOPs). The Part 109 requirement builds upon the knowledge developed in this training.