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The IMDG Code Standard course is IMDG training for general shipping personnel such as booking office staff, administrators, customer support and office personnel who require a sound working knowledge of the IMDG Code and dangerous goods shipping requirements.

This Function Specific course is designed to meet the training requirements in 1.3.1.2.1 and 1.3.1.2.2 of the IMDG Code. It provides suitable function specific IMDG training for those personnel who may not be covered by the more ‘hands on’ Function Specific courses.

The IMDG Code Standard course provides:

An introduction to the IMDG Code
An overview of
- the IMDG Code general provisions
- dangerous goods classification and identification provisions
- package marking and labelling requirements
- CTU marking and placarding requirements
- stowage requirements
- segregation requirements
- requirements for limited quantities and excepted quantities shipments
- additional provisions concerning transport, including emergency response provisions
In-depth training on documentation requirements and completion procedures

Course Objectives

To identify the IMDG Codes
To apply the provisions of the IMDG Code to safely and efficiently perform their role in the transportation of dangerous goods by sea and overland.

Course Content

Element 1 – Introduction to the IMDG Code (E50)
Element 2 – General Provisions (E51)
Element 3 – Classification (E52)
Element 4 – Packing Provisions (E53)
Element 5 – Consignment (E54)
Element 6 – Provisions Concerning Transport Operations (E55)

Who can take this course?

Importers, Exporters, Customs department, Shipping department, Freight Forwarders, Logistics HR Manager, School leavers (Minimum SC)

Course Duration: 18 Hours (6 Sessions of 3Hrs)
Days & Time: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays – 14.30hrs to 17.30hrs

The course is MQA approved and subjected to HRDC refund.
Attendance Certificate to be awarded after successful completion with at least 80% of attendance.

Customs Clearance Course

Introduction

Freight Academy is pleased to launch the above mentioned Course for new staff of Clearing and Freight Forwarding Company which will be starting on the 5th of August 2014.

The aim of the course is:

To provide a full understanding on the processes of the import and export declaration at customs.
To lay emphasis on all the pre-requirements needed for import and export declaration.
To provide a full practical knowledge on data entry in the Tradenet / CMS systems for all
types of imports and exports.

Course Objectives:

To provide a tool to existing and future employees in the Customs Clearance business through acquisition of knowledge and skills on Customs Declaration procedures.
To identify the different Regimes and Customs procedures.
To describe the different methods of searching for HS Code
To calculate duties and taxes
To operate input of datas in the Trade net /Customs Management System

Who can take the course?

Customs Clerks working with Customs House Brokers, Freight Forwarders and the business community
School Leavers with at least School Certificate

Course Content:

Agencies involved in Import & Export
Import & Export Procedures (ii) Incoterms (iii) Mode of Payment (Trade Finance)
(i) Different types of Import & Export (ii) Freeport
(i) Customs Regime (ii) Customs Procedures Code
Calculation of Duties and Taxes
Harmonised System Commodity Code (HS Code)
Containers
Cargo Community System (CCS)
Customs Management System (Tradenet)

Course Duration: 33 Hours (11 Sessions of 3Hrs)
Days & Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays – 09.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs

The course is MQA approved and subjected to HRDC refund.

Attendance Certificate to be awarded after successful completion with at least 80% of attendance.

Excellence in Warehousing and Material Handling

Introduction

Companies viewed warehouse as a cost center traditionally. However this view is changing and today, the warehouse plays an important role to the organization success by delivering the right product at the right time, right quantity, right condition and right cost to the customers.

Course Objectives:

The students will have an understanding of modern warehouse management techniques and to optimise the company’s warehouse resources in an efficient and cost effective manner.
To understand why warehousing is no longer considered as a store keeping job
To understand how warehousing could assist in improving service level.
To grasp techniques to manage the inventory

Course contents:

The role of the warehouse
Role of the warehouse manager
Warehouse processes: receiving and put-away
Warehouse processes: pick preparation
Warehouse processes from replenishment to despatch and beyond
Warehouse management systems
Health and safety
The warehouse and the environment
The warehouse of the future
Outsourcing
storage and handling equipment
Resourcing a warehouse

Who will benefit from this course:

Storekeepers
Store Clerks
Stock Controllers
Production Controllers
Store Managers
Purchasing Officers
School Leavers with at least School Certificate

Course Duration: 54 Hours (18 Sessions of 3Hrs)
Days & Time: Saturdays – 09.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs

The course is MQA approved and subjected to HRDC refund.

Attendance Certificate to be awarded after successful completion with at least 80% of attendance.

International Freight and Cargo Training Course

Introduction

International trade and logistics involves the buying and selling of goods internationally. This course introduces you to the different aspects of trade and focuses on shipping – the process that enables goods to travel from point of production / manufacturing up to consumers.

The Course also lays emphasis on Customs declaration, procedures, tariffs, classifications, Regimes and Calculations of import and export duties and other taxes.

Description:-
This Course is designed to introduce you to selected key concepts of international trade and the shipping process (i.e: importing and exporting, shipping documentation, methods of payment, the roles of the different parties involved and basic law), and to help you develop learning skills, which will provide a sound basis for further work. It will give you an opportunity, whatever your plans, to learn ways of thinking that allow a better understanding of shipping and the shipping process as a whole.

The Course materials have been produced with the needs of new learners in mind. They assume no special knowledge and no experience of studying. Taking examples from every aspect of the shipping process, they enable you to build up a picture of how shipping works and how different jobs in the industry connect together to make up the whole shipping process.