Transport of Pharma Cargo by Air e-learning

Butterfly Training has been awarded Top Innovative and Top Performer CBTA Center by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for 2023.

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. This Certificate is only valid for 36 months.

“Safely delivering Covid-19 vaccines will be the mission of the century for the global air cargo industry.”

Transport of Pharma Cargo by Air e-learning

Course Code Pharma Cargo IATA

Prerequisites: a good understanding of English. 

Who should attend 
Cargo agents, Freight forwarders, All staff involved in the transport and handling of pharmaceutical products, Airline staff and shippers transporting time and temperature sensitive healthcare products, Primary producers or manufacturers of pharmaceutical and healthcare goods.

Training Language: English

Duration
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.

Price, Availability
Course per user : 150 EUR
All locations, 24/7 e-learning

What you will learn

  • Recognize differences in pharmaceutical products and their main characteristics.
  • Recognize pharmaceutical product packaging types, transport equipment and active/passive shipping systems.
  • Discuss regulatory requirements for handling and transporting time and temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products.
  • Describe air freight supply chain stakeholders, roles and responsibilities and important process milestones.
  • Manage requirements for documentary and physical handling of Pharma shipments in air freight.
 

Course Outline

  • Commodity types and characteristics
  • Product and distribution temperature requirements
  • Product packaging
  • Pharma regulations and air freight
  • Air freight shipment documentation and labelling for TTSPPs
  • Storage handling procedures for pharma
  • Handling process and Critical Control Points
  • Shipment track and trace

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Learn more 

Time and temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, such as vaccines, medicines, and other healthcare products require specific handling, monitoring, process controls, transportation and storage requirements. Through this e-learning course, you will understand these commodity specifics, as well as the requirements for packaging, documentation and physical handling. Learn about product and transport process temperature ranges, packaging technologies, key risk factors and critical control points in the Pharma handling process, particularly in relation to the transportation of COVID-19 vaccines.

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