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Career Guidance Skills information skills S2.2 - documenting and recording information S2.2.3 - preparing documentation for contracts, applications, or permits Prepare bills of lading
Description
Prepare bills of lading and associated shipping documentation in accordance with customs and legal requirements.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 3 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 3 (Technicians and associate professionals)
Essential for
- Forwarding managerForwarding managers plan and organise cargo shipments within national and international areas. They communicate with carriers and negotiate the best way to send the cargo to its de…
- Non-vessel operating common carrierNon-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCC) are consolidators in ocean trades who will buy space from a carrier and sub-sell it to smaller shipÂpers. They issue bills of lading, …
Optional for
- Shipping agentShipping agents represent the ship owner in a foreign port. They make sure customs is cleared in a timely manner so that the cargo doesn't have to stay too…
Related skills
- Control trade commercial documentation
- Keep up-to-date to current customs regulations
- Coordinate export transportation activities
- Make bids in forward auctions
- Handle shipment paperwork
- Book cargo
- Apply procedures to ensure cargo complies with customs regulations
- Coordinate import transportation activities
- Provide advice to clients in terms of import restrictions
- Use different communication channels
- Manage freight payment methods
- Administer multi-modal logistics
