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Training


Training Schedule


In light of current restrictions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic BIFA has suspended all classroom training for Forwarding and Customs courses for the foreseeable future. These have been replaced by live tutor-led sessions carried out via Zoom videoconferencing as listed:


LIVE Freight & Customs Procedures courses Book at www.bifa.org/training to secure your places


FREIGHT FORWARDING ESSENTIALS – LIVE – 1.5 days 13 + 14 January 9 + 10 February 31 March + 1 April


CUSTOMS ESSENTIALS – LIVE – 1.5 days 16 + 17 February 10 + 11 March


BTEC INTERMEDIATE AWARD IN CUSTOMS EXPORT & IMPORT PROCEDURES – LIVE – 4 days 18, 25 February, 4 + 18 March 2, 9, 16 + 30 March 3, 17, 24 March + 7 April 18, 25 March, 1 + 8 April 27 April, 4, 18 + 25 May


BTEC INTERMEDIATE AWARD IN MULTIMODAL INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT PROCEDURES – LIVE – 4 days


Customs training keeps rolling on


The demand for training has not relented, so get in quick to secure a place. Due to a combination of many factors, the


second half of 2020 saw our freight and Customs courses over-subscribed with many delegates booking instead for Q1 2021. Carl Hobbis, training development


manager, explained: “BIFA’s Freight and Customs training has a reputation for being very relevant for the day-to-day knowledge needed, so our courses have always had good attendance. “But, with Brexit, government funding,


apprenticeships and the first lockdown, since we re-started in a digital format in May, we have been inundated. We have received lots of positive feedback for the way we have


7, 14, 21 January + 4 February 3, 10, 17 + 31 March


ONLINE CUSTOMS DECLARATION TRAINING This course is aimed at those who want to gain a better understanding of Customs regimes and how to complete a Customs declaration. Based around 11 modules, this purely digital course can be studied around your work commitments and should take around five hours to complete


ONLINE AIR CARGO SECURITY REGULATED AGENTS The following Air Cargo Security courses are available online to Regulated Agents at initial


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managed to maintain an engaging delivery style as well. “We have also seen a really positive


appetite for remote learning and its convenience. One of the big benefits of the digital option is that anyone, no matter their location, can join a course if the dates work for them, as evidenced by recent delegates based in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Australia! “We have put on a lot of extra dates which,


coupled with the convenience of the digital format, we hope will enable training to fit in better with delegates’ business commitments. “Hopefully, we will be able to re-introduce


face-to-face sessions in the summer in the key locations of Heathrow, Manchester and the Midlands, but the digital version will be a permanent part of our calendar now.” For course information visit: https://bifa.org/training/


and refresher levels: • Cargo Aviation Security Principles (CASP) • Cargo Aviation Security Principles – Driver (CASP-D)


• Cargo Operative (CO)


ONLINE AIR CARGO SECURITY KNOWN CONSIGNORS Courses covering the modules required by Known Consignors are also available online. See bifa.org/training to register


DANGEROUS GOODS TRAINING Classroom courses now available See bifa.org/training for venues and dates


Support your local Member group


BIFA utilises a network of regional consultants around the UK to act as a conduit for the dissemination of information and to seek local Member views on topics of interest. In light of current restrictions due to the


ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, regional activity has moved online.


Region Heathrow Regional Members’ meeting


Forthcoming virtual meetings are listed above. See www.bifa.org/events > Regional Events for future events.


Reporting Freight Related Crime to Border Force – Operations Pegasus and Pandora


Please note that there are different numbers for air and ocean. Border Force has confirmed that all


reports will be treated in the strictest confidence.


January 2021


Air Contact Numbers Tel: 0203 196 2456 (0700-2000) Tel: 0203 014 5604 (24-hours) Crimestoppers: 0800 555111 or 101 quoting reference Pegasus


Ocean Contact Numbers Tel: 01394 303 116 (Office hours) Tel: 07920 587808 (24-hours) Quoting the reference Pandora.


Date Time Venue Thu 21 Jan 1400 Teams videoconference


BIFA Contact Mike Jones


m.jones@bifa.org


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