Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade · RQF Level 2
IOE Level 2 Certificate in International Trade and Logistics Operations
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits21
- Guided learning178 hours
- Units in this qualification14
Awarded by Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Arrange the transportation of goods by airReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify instructions for goods to be transported by air
- Arrange the transportation of goods by air
- Identify any problems that can occur when arranging transportation of goods by air
Arrange the transportation of goods by railReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify instructions for goods to be transported by rail.
- Arrange the transportation of goods by rail.
- Identify any problems that can occur when arranging transportation of goods by rail
Arrange the transportation of goods by roadReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify instructions for goods to be transported by road.
- Arrange the transportation of goods by road.
- Identify any problems that can occur when arranging transportation of goods by road.
Arrange the transportation of goods by sea or waterwayReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify instructions for goods to be transported by sea or waterway
- Be able arrange the transportation of goods by sea or waterway
- Identify any problems that can occur when arranging transportation of goods by sea or waterway
Arrange the transportation of goods using multiple transport modesReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the criteria for arranging transportation of goods using multiple modes of transport.
- Arrange the transporting of goods using multiple modes of transport.
- Identify any problems that can occur when arranging the transportation of goods using multiple modes of transport.
Contribute to effective working relationships in logistics environmentsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify how to contribute to effective working relationships.
- Contribute to effective working relationships
Health, Safety and Security at workReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely
- Monitor the workplace for hazards
- Contribute to workplace security
Obtain information on goods being transportedReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the information required to transport goods
- Obtain the information required to transport goods
- Identify any problems that can occur when obtaining information for the transportation of goods
Organise the preparation of documentation for the transportation of goodsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the required documentation for the goods.
- Organise the preparation of the documentation.
- Identify any problems that can occur when organising the preparation of documentation for transporting goods.
Process customs documentation for goodsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify required documentation for customs
- Process documentation required for customs
- Identify any problems that can occur when processing documentation for customs
Process financial documentation for goodsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify required documentation for processing financial information on goods.
- Process financial documentation for goods.
- Identify any problems that can occur when processing financial documentation for the goods.
Process transport documentation for goodsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify required documentation for transporting goods.
- Process documentation required for transporting goods
- Identify any problems that can occur when processing documentation for transport
Select and recommend methods for transporting goodsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify methods for transporting goods
- Select and recommend methods required to transport goods
- Identify any problems that can occur when selecting and recommending methods for the transportation of goods
Select service providers for transporting goodsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the criteria for selecting service providers to transport goods.
- Select service providers to transport goods.
- Identify any problems that can occur selecting service providers.
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Arrange for the delivery and collection of goods or equipment to customers
- Arrange the transportation of goods by air
- Arrange the transportation of goods by rail
- Arrange the transportation of goods by road
- Arrange the transportation of goods by sea or waterway
- Arrange the transportation of goods using multiple transport modes
- Arrange the transportation of health records
- Manage the preparation of documentation for the transportation of goods
Where this can lead
Customs Documentation Specialist
Your journey here is what you make it. We're committed to providing opportunities for growth, whether that's becoming a technical expert, a people leader, or even moving into a different part of our Operations team. We'll support you with training, mentorship, and clear pathways to help you achieve your career aspirations.
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for IOE Level 2 Certificate in International Trade and Logistics Operations
14 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade.
- Arrange the transportation of goods by air
- Arrange the transportation of goods by rail
- Arrange the transportation of goods by road
- Arrange the transportation of goods by sea or waterway
- Arrange the transportation of goods using multiple transport modes
- Contribute to effective working relationships in logistics environments
and 8 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.