Assured Operator Training

To train businesses or traders engaged in import of plant and plant products into GB. After completion of this training, the Authorised Operator under the Border Target Operating Model will be allowed to conduct physical and identity inspections of their imported consignments at their premises. The AOS training programme is closely aligned to APHA’s ‘new starter’ plant health training to perform phytosanitary checks. Under ISPM 45, the training requirements should be equivalent to those required for the NPPO if it were to undertake the same phytosanitary actions