CASA EX29/24 — Dangerous Goods (2-yearly Training Requirement) Instrument 2024

This is a temporary rule from Australia's aviation safety regulator (CASA) that gives airlines and related businesses more flexibility with staff training on dangerous goods.

What it does: Normally, aviation workers who handle dangerous goods (like batteries, chemicals, or flammable materials) must redo their safety training every 2 years from the exact date they last trained. This instrument exempts certain businesses from that strict timing rule and replaces it with a more flexible system.

Who it affects:

• Australian airlines
• Ground handling agents (companies that load/unload planes and handle cargo)
• Freight forwarders (companies that organise air cargo)
• Screening authorities (airport security screening staff)
• Shippers of dangerous goods (companies sending dangerous items by air)

The new flexible rules:

• Instead of training expiring on a specific date, it now expires at the end of the month when the 2-year period finishes
• If staff do their refresher training in the last 3 months of their current training period, their next 2-year period starts from when the old period would have ended—not from when they actually did the training
• This prevents workers from "losing time" on their certification by training early

If your training expires 14 May 2026, under this rule it expires 31 May 2026 instead. If you retrain in March-May 2026, your next expiry is 31 May 2028 (not 2 years from when you actually did the course).