The British Worldwide Freight Affiliation (BIFA) has an thrilling new growth in its programme of coaching: all-inclusive entry to a spread of bitesize eLearning programs.
This initiative is designed to supply full buying and selling members with limitless entry to eLearning, giving alternatives for them to upskill their groups, and is all a part of the membership charge.
BIFA Bitesize is a collection of eLearning that has been developed as a part of BIFA’s ongoing dedication to supply a wide range of coaching choices, aimed toward enhancing information in areas essential to freight forwarding, customs compliance, and worldwide commerce.
The primary rendition of BIFA Bitesize content material options extracts from the present BIFA Freight Forwarding and Customs Necessities programs.
A number of the key matters embody: Making ready to Commerce; Incoterms 2020; Inward and Outward Processing; Customs Warehousing; Classification; Returned Items Aid; Paying HMRC, and Process Codes.
Moreover, a model new CDS Compliance course will probably be added to the platform very quickly. The preliminary obligatory module, centred round an import home-use declaration, outlines potential penalties of compliance errors. Subsequent modules, which cowl a spread of regimes, will comply with.
These programs have been rigorously curated to assist each newcomers and skilled professionals within the business, making certain that each one workers of all members have entry to up-to-date and related primary coaching to additional assist their skilled growth. It additionally helps BIFA members to remain forward within the fast-paced world of worldwide commerce and customs compliance, which is evolving always.
Carl Hobbis, member companies director at BIFA, who has administration accountability for the commerce affiliation’s coaching and growth companies stated: “We consider the inclusion of this eLearning platform as a part of the usual membership subscription of full members is a recreation altering transfer for a commerce affiliation within the sector.
“BIFA Bitesize is accessible by way of the BIFA member portal at www.bifa.org which gives full particulars on how one can navigate the platform and entry the programs.
“There are not any limits on the variety of learners per member that may be enrolled, enabling firms of all sizes to supply high-quality, versatile coaching to their complete groups.
Steve Parker, director common of BIFA added: “We’re all the time striving to supply distinctive worth to our members by way of a wide range of coaching choices.
“With BIFA Bitesize, we consider we’re setting a brand new benchmark in freight and logistics coaching.”
”We’re excited to see this new service in motion and sit up for supporting our members of their continued skilled growth, which is among the core companies of the commerce affiliation.”
For members preferring extra formal {qualifications} or instructor-led coaching, BIFA continues to supply its extremely regarded BTEC {qualifications} and a spread of trainer-led programs. These choices are perfect for these searching for extra in-depth, accredited studying experiences.
About BIFA
The British Worldwide Freight Affiliation (BIFA) is the commerce affiliation representing the UK freight forwarding business. BIFA’s position is to advertise the pursuits of its members, present priceless assets and companies, and provide a robust voice for the sector on key coverage points.
BIFA’s freight and customs coaching programs purpose to be probably the most partaking throughout the business, whether or not that be a web based class, face-to-face, or eLearning. Delivered by a workforce of business consultants, the varied programs have gained a well-deserved popularity for being very informative and delivering nice worth for cash
Full particulars of all BIFA’s coaching programs, and the Bitesize suite will be seen on the following hyperlinks:

