AustriaSkills 2015: Premiere of the forwarding agents national championship

Deadline 31 July: Skills of trained forwarding agents below the age of 25 will be on the trial in early November in Linz

AustriaSkills 2015: Premiere of the forwarding agents national championship

Austria’s forwarding and logistics industry shows its commitment towards the need and meaningfulness of running training campaigns for young people in enterprises. The dual education system in Austria – apprenticeship – is approved globally.
The professional group of forwarding and logistics of the Austrian Economic Chamber wants to present the knowledge and skills of the trained forwarding agents as a flagship of the industry, and will therefore organise the national championship of Austrian forwarding agents “AustriaSkills Speditionskaufmann/-frau 2015“, taking place from 5 to 7 November 2015 in Linz.
Committed, young experts can show their knowledge there and solve tasks with a practical approach. This contest will later be integrated into the EuroSkills, a successful international professional competition.
All forwarding agents below the age of 25 (apprenticeship certificate before 31 July 2015; born 1 January 1991 or later) can participate in the contest.
The candidate or the company can submit the registration at the respective provincial section as of now. The following details must be filled out:
• Data of the applicant (name, address, contact details, business, date of birth)
• Certificates (LAP and diploma)
The deadline for registration is 31 July 2015
After receipt of the registration documents, the criteria will be assessed and a pre-selection will be made for the invitation for hearing at the professional section. The decisive criteria for the assessment are the final apprenticeship examinations (LAP), the average grade of the certificate and the result of hearing.
The competition will comprise a total of approximately 16 hours, on into three days. There will be 7 modules:
• customer acquisition
• offert calculation
• transport management
• Transport calculation
• seafreight handling
• complaint handling
• claims handling
The winner will receive the award and a short trip to Shanghai for two persons (flight and hotel).
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