TLIA5060 Plan and organise the international forwarding of freight by air transport

Release: 1

TLIA5060 Plan and organise the international forwarding of freight by air transport

Modification History

Release 1. This is the first release of this unit of competency in the TLI Transport and Logistics Training Package.

Application

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to plan and organise international forwarding of freight by air transport (covering importing, exporting and transiting freight). Typically these individuals work independently or as part of a team under direct and/or indirect supervision, perform detailed analyses, use discretion and judgement, and take responsibility for the quality of their outputs. All activities are carried out in accordance with relevant organisational policy and procedures, as well as national and global codes of practice and regulations applicable to international freight forwarding. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Not applicable.

Competency Field

A – Handling Cargo/Stock

Unit Sector

Not applicable.

Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENTS	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1	Select routing for air freight transport	1.1	Requirements for international air freight transport services are confirmed and clarified with customer
1.2	Critical logistics aspects of freight transport are analysed and considered in planning freight forwarding solution/s
1.3	Checks are made to ensure all routing requirements for international sea and multimodal freight transport are fulfilled
1.4	Special transport services advice is sought as required
1.5	Suitable routing for air freight transport is selected after considering options available and analysing risks involved
1.6	Alternative routing options are identified for possible use in contingencies
2	Advise on and organise packaging, packing, stowage and storage of freight for air transport	2.1	Given cargo type, transport mode, destination and selected route/s, suitable options for packaging, packing, stowage and storage of freight are determined
2.2	Container types suitable for sea and multimodal transport and appropriate for freight type are reviewed and appropriate options are selected
2.3	Advice is provided to customer on packaging, packing, stowage and storage of freight, including loading and packing of suitable container types
2.4	Pricing of containers and other forms of suitable freight packaging is calculated and advice is provided to customer
2.5	Appropriate actions are taken to organise for planned forwarding project
2.6	Air freight documents required for selected containers or other forms of packaging are prepared in accordance with regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures
3	Assist in organising insurance for air freight transport	3.1	Risks involved in planned air freight forwarding solution are identified and analysed
3.2	Transport and liability insurance requirements for proposed forwarding solution are evaluated and considered
3.3	Assistance in selecting and organising appropriate insurance options is provided to customer in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures
4	Organise permits and authorisations needed for air freight transport	4.1	Documentation requirements for cargo, transport mode/s and selected routing concerned, including all permits and authorisations, are determined
4.2	Documentation requirements are organised, completed and processed in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures
5	Liaise with freight forwarding global network	5.1	Appropriate liaison with agents, carriers and others in the global network and supply chain is undertaken to plan and organise freight forwarding project
5.2	Appropriate information is communicated when liaising with freight forwarding global network in accordance with regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures
6	Track and trace international cargo being forwarded by air transport	6.1	International cargo being transported by air freight transport is tracked and traced during a freight forwarding project using available systems and technologies
6.2	Problems with transiting freight identified during tracking activities are evaluated and appropriate action is initiated to address these problems in accordance with standard operating procedures
6.3	Advice is provided to customer on progress of international air freight transport project and action taken to address unexpected contingencies is provided to customer
7	Complete required documentation and records	7.1	All forms and other documentation required for planned freight forwarding project are completed in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures
7.2	Records of arrangements and transactions made are kept in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures

Foundation Skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range of Conditions

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Unit Mapping Information

This unit replaces and is equivalent to TLIA5060A Plan and organise the international forwarding of freight by air transport.

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=df441c6e-213d-43e3-874c-0b3f7036d851