Freight Forwarding - General Knowledge
Learning Objective – the applicant will know the legal and business aspects of Freight Forwarding and be able to describe the activities of a Forwarding company and its legal responsibilities.
Seafreight
Learning Objective – the applicant will know the basic regulations for shipments by sea, services available and current ships in use. He/ She will know how sea freight rates are calculated. He/ She will also know how international container shipping by sea functions; will know the most commonly used container types and documentation for same; and will also know how freight calculations are made.
Airfreight
Learning Objective - the applicant will learn the basic regulations for air transport. He/ She will be able to explain ground handling and documentation procedures of air cargo transport. He/ She will be able to demonstrate familiarity with airfreight pricing with examples of calculations.
Road Transport
Learning Objective – the applicant will know basic regulations of road transport and the most often used vehicles and documentation required for road movements domestic and international. He/ She will also know of liabilities of hauliers under trading conditions and conventions.
Customs
Learning Objective – the applicant will know the necessity of customs duties and controls on import, exports and goods in transit. He/ She will know existing international conventions/ agreements, structure of customs tariffs and the forms used for declarations. He/ She will also be able to calculate customs duties for a simple consignment (one Tariff Heading), and will know of Customs offences/ frauds and AEP 2.
Logistics
Learning Objective – the applicant will be able to define what logistics and supply chain management terms mean and know the main stages in a logistics project. He/ She will also know warehousing procedures, types of warehousing and financial aspects of storage.
Insurance
Learning Objective – the applicant will know the different coverage options and their characteristics. He will know the liability of carriers
Dangerous Goods
Learning Objective – the applicant will know the most important UN Regulations (Air, Sea, Road/ Rail) for Dangerous Goods carriage. He/ She will be able to demonstrate their application in practice including completion of the necessary documents.
Computer and Information Technology
Learning Objective – the applicant will know the essentials in the use of computers and communication as applied in the forwarding industry and focused on data collection, exchanging and manipulation; e-business and e-commerce in the world-wide-web along with security and electronic signatures will also form a part of this module.
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