Freight forwarding expertise with vocational German language training
Free of cost
by funding
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Certificates: Certificate "Vocational German language support for the commercial/technical sector"
Certificate "Freight forwarding expertise" -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
Certification exam for vocational German language support -
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: 12 Weeks
Job-related German language support for the commercial/technical sector
General language skills (approx. 1 day)
Repetition of important grammar topics and application of complex linguistic structures of German grammar
Reading and understanding texts from different areas, global and selective reading comprehension
Improving listening comprehension
Correspondence in a professional environment (approx. 2 days)
Layout and letter design
Contemporary salutations and letter introductions
Customer-oriented letters and e-mails
Reporting
Cover letters according to DIN 5008
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)
Confident communication in the company
Forms of communication in teams
Meetings and presentations
Conflict management
Staff appraisals
Job interviews
Sales and consultation meetings
Writing offers
Trade fairs and product presentations
Complaints
Business career field (approx. 6 days)
Human resources, management and labor law
Finance and controlling
Payroll accounting
Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)
Advertising
Market analysis and market research
Online marketing and e-commerce
Company processes (approx. 9 days)
Restructuring, process management, process changes
Digital transformation
Changes in energy management and environmental protection
Project management
Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)
production
Purchasing
Delivery and transportation
Retail trade
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)
Freight forwarding expertise
Freight forwarding (approx. 3 days)
Freight forwarder and warehouse logistics specialist in the freight transport industry
Performance characteristics of the modes of transport
Selection criteria for means of transport
The capacity of individual means of transport
Areas of work and legal status
Rights and obligations as a freight forwarder according to HGB
Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (LkSG)
Forwarding, freight and storage contracts
National and international road haulage (approx. 2 days)
Freight orders in national road haulage
National authorization for commercial road haulage
Vehicle types - dimensions and vehicle weights
Freight orders in international road haulage
CMR law, CMR consignment note
Accompanying documents in international road haulage
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Profitability calculations (approx. 1 day)
Calculating transportation costs in road haulage
Differentiation between fixed and variable costs
Make-or-buy decision for own or external transport
Transportation of dangerous goods (approx. 1 day)
Transportation of dangerous goods by road
Legal basis according to GGVSEB
Dangerous goods classes and packaging groups
Rail freight transport (approx. 1 day)
Legal bases and freight contract
Types of freight wagons
Combined transport (approx. 1 day)
Types of combined transport
National and international transport network
Liability and insurance (approx. 2 days)
German Freight Forwarders' Standard Terms and Conditions
Legal character of the ADSp
Liability as a freight forwarder and carrier
Handling claims
Insuring goods
Premium calculation and level of liability
Transportation types and cost calculations (approx. 1 day)
Groupage and system transport
Transportation cost calculation
CEP services
Sea freight and inland waterway transport (approx. 3 days)
Legal bases and contract of carriage
Ship types
Transport price calculation in sea freight traffic
Dimension and weight rates
Surcharges and discounts of shipping companies
Inland waterway transport
Federal waterway network
Air freight transport (approx. 2 days)
Legal bases in air freight transport
Freight contract and air waybill
Calculation of air freight costs
The TACT tariff
Groupage cargo in air freight traffic
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
The course provides you with the necessary know-how for employment as a commercial and technical specialist, including job-related German language training, in order to achieve successful integration into the German labor market.
You will also be familiar with the key work processes in the freight forwarding industry and will be able to implement them in practice with legal certainty. You will be familiar with the different types of transportation by ship, air or rail and know how transport costs are calculated. You will also know how dangerous goods are transported and according to which legal bases.
The course is aimed at people with professional experience or training in commercial, transportation or logistics areas.
The course is also aimed at specialists from the commercial and technical fields, taking into account an integrative component.
Freight forwarding specialists are in demand at companies of all sizes in the areas of goods and freight transportation. According to estimates by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, increasing foreign trade links will lead to a long-term increase in the volume and performance of freight transport by 2050. Knowledge of freight transport and transport law will therefore open up career opportunities in a wide range of fields.
The course also provides you with work-related German language training to enable you to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and to communicate confidently both internally and externally.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
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).