applicable regulations and legislation: Australian and international regulations, conventions and codes of practice for international freight forwarding Australian and international standards and certification requirements relevant Australian and international environmental protection legislation relevant Australian and international transport security and safety legislation relevant regulations for the import and export of cargo relevant regulations pertaining to international trading and financial transactions distribution centres and systems documents including: cargo manifests forwarders warehouse receipts private warehouse receipts warrant warehouse receipts financial aspects of storage international freight forwarder functions in supply chain processes logistics including relevant terms such as JIT, pull systems, physical distribution systems, tailor made services main steps in logistics projects procedures of warehousing as they relate to freight forwarding principles of quality assurance and customer service standards, policies and procedures as they apply in the international freight forwarding industry relevant Australian and international regulations, conventions, codes of practice and legislative requirements (including those applicable to importing, exporting and transiting goods) rights and duties of the warehouse operator and the customer role of logistics providers and related physical distribution systems role of the forwarder in logistics activities sources of information required to perform international freight forwarding functions supply chain management types of warehouses warehouse charges and rent warehouse equipment and systems. |