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Certificates: TOEIC® certificate (Test of English for International Communication)
Certificate "Foreign trade and customs clearance" -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
TOEIC®-Test (Test of English for International Communication) -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Business English
General language part (approx. 4 days)
Basic structures of the English language
Tenses (simple, continuous, perfect), questions
Active/passive voice
Adjective/adverb
Modal verbs
Conditional
British and American English
Important idioms
Presenting in English
Communicative part (approx. 5 days)
Establishing and maintaining customer contacts, telephone calls, correspondence
Presentation of business visits
Dealing with complaints
Describing products
Writing letters and emails using common phrases on topics such as orders, quotations
Communicating the hierarchical structure of the company
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Business English (approx. 6 days)
Writing business correspondence
Influencing
Professional discussion of topics such as company structure, marketing and sales
Reporting on market analyses, discussion of financial trends
On a business trip: At the reception, in the hotel, in the restaurant
Appearance in meetings
Describing processes and procedures
Conducting negotiations and reaching agreements
Developing and communicating plans/projects
Preparing presentations
English-language job descriptions
Anglo-Saxon application process
Writing the CV
Interview: confident presentation of experience and qualifications
Project work, certification preparation and TOEIC® certification exam (approx. 5 days)
Foreign trade and customs clearance
Foreign trade (approx. 1 day)
Trade in Europe and world trade
Importance of sea freight transportation in foreign trade (approx. 1 day)
Advantages and disadvantages of sea freight transportation
Ship types and freight areas
Importance of air freight transport in foreign trade (approx. 1 day)
Known consignor and regulated agent
Advantages of groupage shipments in air freight
Incoterms® 2020 (approx. 1 day)
One-point and two-point clauses
Criteria for a suitable Incoterms® 2020 clause
Risk hedging (approx. 1 day)
Payment and delivery risks in foreign trade
Documentary collection
Documentary letter of credit
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Customs procedure (approx. 5 days)
Import procedure
Customs certificate and release
Import duties
Customs duties and customs value
Electronic customs tariff (EZT)
Export procedure
The Automated Tariff and Local Customs Clearance System ATLAS
Export licenses
EU customs law
The Union Customs Code
Preferences and certificates of origin
Security provisions in the international movement of goods
EU customs security initiative
Customs warehouse
Processing ATLAS customs procedures with Dakosy ZODIAK GE (approx. 5 days)
Create and edit customer data
Create and edit article data
Create import customs declaration
Processing input requests
Processing errors
Creating export declarations
Creating transit procedures in the NCTS system
Creating an import and export customs declaration
Creating a transit declaration
Possible prompts and errors
International Trade (approx. 1 day)
The International Chamber of Commerce ICC
EU legal bases
Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)
Forwarder documents for foreign trade (approx. 1 day)
FIATA-FCR and FIATA-FCT
FIATA-Multimodal Transport
Bill of Lading
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
You will be familiar with the work processes and legal conditions for foreign trade in Europe and beyond. You will acquire knowledge in the field of customs clearance and will be able to apply this in practice with the ZODIAK software.
You will also improve your English language skills in a practical way so that you can be successful in the international workplace. The course concludes with the internationally recognized TOEIC® test, which provides you with the best possible proof of your acquired knowledge.
The course is aimed at people with training or professional experience in the commercial or administrative field, specialists from the areas of sales, purchasing, materials management and people with a degree in economics or business administration.
The additional English qualification is useful for anyone for whom a solid command of the English language is important for their professional tasks.
The informative TOEIC® test gives you a detailed insight into the language skills you have acquired, making it easier for you to enter and advance in your career.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).