ABMA Education Ltd · RQF Level 3
ABMA Level 3 Certificate in Clearing Forwarding and Shipping Management (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits31
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification25
Awarded by ABMA Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units ABMA Education Ltd 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 · ABMA Education Ltd
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 · ABMA Education Ltd
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 · ABMA Education Ltd
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 · ABMA Education Ltd
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 · ABMA Education Ltd
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.
Cargo Knowledge for Ship ManagersReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit covers factors that are encountered during the transporting of goods and what requirements are associated when carrying dangerous goods by sea.
- The passage of goods and cargo are also covered.
Cargo Storage and WarehousingReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit covers the understanding of principles and operations of warehouses. The financial and logistical aspects concerned and design of warehouse systems are also addressed.
Commercial Aspects of Port AgencyReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit enables the learner to understand how port agencies are managed and how a ship’s operational formalities are relevant to agents. Learners are also taught the fundamental aspect of the law affecting agency.
Commercial Aspects of Ship ManagementReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit will give learners an understanding of a ship’s supplies and dealing with contractors. The unit addresses marine insurance, the regulations concerning the carriage of goods by sea and the legal position of the ship manager.
- This unit will give learners an understanding of a ship’s supplies and dealing with contractors. The unit addresses marine insurance, the regulations concerning the carriage of goods by sea and the legal position of the ship manager
Contribute to Clearing and Forwarding Practices for Cargo Handling and Freight CostsReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit encompasses aspects of international trade and characteristics of related transport modes.
- The unit addresses freight rates, export financing and the handling of export cargo.
Contribute to Clearing and Forwarding Practices for Documentation and Transport DistributionReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- The unit will provide an understanding of export documentation, customs practice and transport distribution analysis.
Contribute to Shipping Office PracticesReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- The unit will equip the learner to understand the management of, and the processes and communications within a shipping office.
Contribute to the provision of customer service in logistics operationsReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Contribute to the provision of customer services in logistics operations
- Contribute to the provision of customer services in logistics operations
Customs Declaration and DocumentationReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit covers the work of Customs and the declaration procedures involved.
- Includes definitions and legislation relating to Customs requirements.
Developing working practices in a Warehousing and Storage environmentReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand storage systems found in warehousing
- Select appropriate equipment within a Warehousing and Storage environment
- Maintain the safety and quality of goods
- Handle hazardous goods and materials
- Understand the importance of stock levels and stock records
Economics of Sea TransportReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- The unit covers international trade and the provisions necessary for sea transport.
- It provides an understanding of transport services and the role of economics in sea transport.
General Marine Insurance and LawReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit will give learners an understanding of the principles of marine insurance and policy. The unit addresses law affecting shipping and carriage of goods by sea acts.
Health, Safety and Security at workReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely
- Monitor the workplace for hazards
- Contribute to workplace security
Introduction to Shipping and the Compliance RegulationsReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit addresses commercial geography and the need for shipping. Learners will know ship types and understand the basic commercial requirements related to shipping.
Make an effective contribution to a business in the logistics sectorReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Make an effective contribution to a business in the logistics sector
- Make an effective contribution to a business in the logistics sector
Management of Ships, Crew and ClassReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- This unit addresses ship design.
- Learners will also be able to understand a ship’s crewing requirement as well as how a ship is classified and registered.
Optimise the use of logistics resourcesReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Optimise the use of logistics resources
- Optimise the use of logistics resources
Port Agent’s Role and Ship KnowledgeReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- The unit gives an understanding of the port agent’s role and port formalities involved.
- The unit covers the suitability of ship types for different cargo and commodities carried in ships.
Process customs documentation for goodsReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
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
Schedule logistics operations to meet customers requirementsReal unit · ABMA Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Schedule logistics operations to meet customer requirements.
- Schedule logistics operations to meet customer requirements.
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 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.
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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 road
- Arrange the transportation of goods by sea or waterway
- Arrange the transportation of health records
- Manage and control the storage of excise goods in the warehouse
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 ABMA Level 3 Certificate in Clearing Forwarding and Shipping Management (QCF)
25 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ABMA Education Ltd.
- 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
- Cargo Knowledge for Ship Managers
and 19 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.
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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
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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.
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