Southwestern College

On-the-job Training

• Advise clients on transportation and payment methods.
• Track delivery progress of shipments.
• Notify consignees, passengers, or customers of freight or baggage arrival and arrange for delivery.
• Determine method of shipment and prepare bills of lading, invoices, and other shipping documents.
• Estimate freight or postal rates and record shipment costs and weights.
• Keep records of all goods shipped, received, and stored.
• Enter shipping information into a computer by hand or by a hand-held scanner that reads bar codes on goods.
• Check import or export documentation to determine cargo contents and use tariff coding system to classify goods according to fee or tariff group.
• Prepare manifests showing numbers of airplane passengers, baggage, mail, freight weights, and transmitting data to destinations.
• Negotiate and arrange transport of goods with shipping or freight companies.