Import and Export Cargo Handling Training

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate the ability to identify and interpret import and export documentation required for cargo handling.
• Apply customs and regulatory requirements to ensure compliant movement of cargo across borders.
• Implement safe and efficient cargo handling procedures, including loading, unloading, and storage.
• Analyze cargo characteristics to determine appropriate handling, packaging, and stowage methods.
• Evaluate risks associated with cargo handling and apply corrective measures to mitigate damage or loss.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders (e.g., carriers, customs brokers, warehouse staff) to facilitate smooth cargo flow.

Target Audience

This course is designed for logistics coordinators, freight forwarders, warehouse supervisors, and import/export clerks who are involved in the physical or administrative handling of cargo for international trade.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, learners should be employed or have access to a logistics or freight handling environment for practical application.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals component provides hands-on experience with cargo handling documentation, equipment operation, and process simulation. Learners apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, reinforcing skills in document verification, cargo stowage, and customs compliance.

Practical Activities

• Documentation and Compliance Exercise — Learners complete and verify a set of import/export documents, including commercial invoice, packing list, and customs declaration, using sample cargo data. (3h)
• Cargo Handling and Equipment Operation — Learners practice safe cargo handling techniques, including stowage, lashing, and use of pallet jacks and forklifts under supervision. (4h)
• Integrated Import/Export Simulation — Learners work in teams to simulate an end-to-end import/export process, from cargo receipt to final dispatch, including customs clearance and documentation. (5h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.