This free online course explains how freight brokers organise logistics and transport for cargo along the supply chain. This course provides the freight broker training required to work in the shipping and transportation field. Freight brokers facilitate cooperation between shippers and freight service providers. Our comprehensive curriculum includes, but is not limited to, legal requirements, financial management and service promotion. We also discuss pricing, customer service and logistics. Take the first step towards a thriving career in the shipping industry.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 187923 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Describe the function of a goods broker in the supply chain • Define the FMCSA's role and the Unified Carrier Registration Regulation Process • Explain the significance of keeping in touch with customers, shippers and carriers • Discuss how to find criteria for carrier evaluation • Describe the forms of transportation and their means of conveyance, including multimodal transport • Explain how to create a marketing plan and improve search engine optimisation (SEO), branding and positioning • Outline licencing and bonding regulations and standards • Describe an organisation's document storage and retrieval strategy • List the financial and accounting rules • State the relevance of the carrier's insurance requirements and safety compliance • Discuss root cause analysis and contingency planning processes • Explain how to handle claims and disagreements |
| Course Code | 6239 |
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