G3 — Import-Export Trade Management and Documentation

To develop the capacity to plan and execute import and export trade transactions, from contract to settlement, using recognised international trade documentation and applicable preferential trade rules.

Officers responsible for managing a company's import or export trade transactions end-to-end, including qualifying goods for preferential tariff treatment under applicable trade agreements.

Open access. No formal prerequisite. Basic literacy and numeracy, or relevant work exposure, is recommended but not required.

Import/export officers, trade administrators, SME owner-operators entering international trade.

On successful completion, the learner will be able to:

• Structure an international sales contract using appropriate Incoterms.
• Prepare the standard document set required for an import or export transaction.
• Apply exchange control and trade licensing requirements to a transaction.
• Apply preferential rules of origin under applicable regional and continental trade agreements to determine a product’s eligibility for reduced-tariff treatment.
• Manage the export/import transaction cycle from order to delivery and settlement.
• Identify common trade documentation errors and their consequences.

Minimum 80% attendance, plus an applied assignment or case study, assessed on a competency-based pass/fail basis by an AISCR-appointed assessor. Mandatory completion of a Portfolio of Evidence (PoE).

Note: Workplace learning requirements are governed as per Common Provisions, Section 1.3.