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PMT Aviation and Special Cargo: “Back together again” Joining forces for Air Transport of Dangerous Goods Course – starting weekly on dgtraining.nl! Never having to wait for the start of the new Air Transport of Dangerous Goods course, but begin immediately! PMT Aviation and Special Cargo College have joined forces for this course. This has many advantages: students can start immediately, lecturers develop new training programs together focusing on competence-based learning and the course has nationwide coverage.
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hy would you work alone if you can combine your expertise? That was what Special Cargo College and PMT Aviation were thinking when they decided to jointly offer the Air Transport of Dangerous Goods course. “We want to make it as easy as possible for our customers”, Erik den Dikken explains. He is Director of Special Cargo College, a training institute providing all courses and training in the field of dangerous goods and aviation security. “Everybody involved in the air transport of dangerous goods has to have the correct training certificates. This also applies to any new employees you take on. You want them to take the course as soon as possible and not to have to wait for up to three months. By joining forces with PMT Aviation we can achieve this.” Offering the Air Transport of Dangerous Goods course more frequently is not the only advantage the new
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collaboration has brought. “By working together more intensively the quality of courses has improved”, Dick Meijaard adds. He is Director of PMT Aviation, an all-round training
institute with respect to dangerous goods and a company specialising in security services on and around airports. “On a daily basis our lecturers are immersed in the legislation and regulations applying to the air transport of dangerous goods and changes linked to these. That is quite different to someone who has to give a course only once every three months. It is a daily task for our tutors. Moreover, both companies are certified as IATA Accredited Schools. This means we
