Supply Chain and Logistics Courses
Oxbridge Academy Skills Certificate: Shipping and Logistics Environment
Acquire comprehensive knowledge and skills in Logistics and Supply Chain Management with the Oxbridge Academy Skills Certificate: Logistics and Supply Chain Management. This course offers an overview of routine and non-routine shipping functions, as well as an integrated supply chain approach for stakeholder advantage. Key highlights include:
- Shipping Practices and Insurance: Explore the various shipping practices and insurance elements, ensuring efficient and secure transportation.
- Principles of International Logistics: Gain insights into international logistics principles, facilitating smooth imports and exports.
- Handling Dangerous Goods: Learn the proper handling procedures for dangerous goods, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
This course is a good option if:
- You work in the transport and logistics industry and seek to expand your knowledge and skills, enhancing your professional capabilities.
- You have recently completed your Matric and aspire to embark on a career in the transport and logistics industry. This will equip you with essential knowledge from the start.
Enrol in the Oxbridge Academy Skills Certificate: Logistics and Supply Chain Management to broaden your understanding of this dynamic field. This will unlock new career opportunities in the transport and logistics industry.
CER4015-13
This is a non-accredited Short Learning Programme endorsed by The Independent Institute of Education (IIE).
8 -12 months
No Matric
- The principles of mercantile practice
- The procedures of importing and exporting
- The finance of international trade
- The roles and responsibilities of the role-players in mercantile practice
- The management strategies in the shipping sector
- The fundamentals of international logistics
- The international supply chain
- The elements of international logistics
- Multi-modalism and Incoterms 2010
- The purposes of warehousing and inventory
- The fundamental elements of the business of shipping
- The role of shipping agents
- The operations within the liner trades
- The principles of dry and liquid bulk shipping and of vessel chartering
- The function of marine insurance
- The importance of salvage in the process of vessel management and operations
- The fundamentals of moving dangerous and hazardous goods
- Dangerous goods operations
- Port facilities and procedures concerning the movement of dangerous goods
- Shipping precautions and procedures concerning the movement of dangerous goods
- Functions of dangerous goods documentation and labelling
- The legal terminology of overseas trade
- The basic contract structure
- The Sale of Goods Act in English law
- The principle of agency
- FOB & CIF contracts
- Laws of carriage of goods by sea
- The principles of European law in relation to international trade
- Students are required to complete 2 assignments.
- There are no exams for this course.
Upon completion of this course, students will be awarded an Oxbridge Academy Skills Certificate: Shipping and Logistics Environment from Oxbridge Academy.