Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade · RQF Level 3
IOE Level 3 Diploma In International Trade and Services
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits98
- Units in this qualification16
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 international cross trade movement of goods by airReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the movement of triangular shipments (cross trade) in relation to international trade
- Understand the documentary requirements for cross trade movements by air when trading internationally
- Understand how to deal with contingencies for cross trade movements by air
- Understand the costs involved for cross trade movements by air
- Arrange cross trade movements by air
- Deal with problems in cross trade movements by air
Arrange the international cross trade movement of goods by seaReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the movement of cross trade in relation to international trade
- Understand the role of Bill of Lading for cross trade in relation to international trade
- Understand the documentary requriements for movement of goods by sea in relation to international trade
- Know the parties involved in international trade
- Understand how to deal with contingencies for the movement of goods by sea in relation to international trade
- Understand the costs involved in the movement of goods by sea in relation to international trade
- Arrange the movement of goods by sea in relation to internat
Arrange the international movement of goods by railReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the movement of goods by rail in the UK in relation to international trade
- Understand the documentary requirements for the movement of goods by rail in relation to international trade
- Know the parties involved in international trade
- Understand the requirements for the movements of goods by rail in the EU and other countries
- Understand how to deal with contingencies for the movement of goods by rail in relation to international trade
- Understand the costs involved in the movement of goods by rail in relation to international trade
- Arrange the movement of goods by rail
Arrange the international movement of goods by roadReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the movement of goods by road in the UK in relation to international trade
- Understand the movement of goods by road in the EU in relation to international trade
- Know the additional international requirements for the movement of goods in relation to international trade
- Understand how to deal with contingencies when dealing with the movement of goods by road within international trade
- Arrange the movement of goods by road in the UK in relation to international trade
- Deal with problems when transporting goods by road for international trade
Arrange the international movement of goods by seaReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the movement of goods by sea in the UK in relation to international trade
- Understand the role of the Bill of Lading within international trade
- Understand the documentary requirements for movement of goods by sea in relation to international trade
- Know the parties involved in international trade
- Know the role and responsibilites of the port and port authorities within international trade
- Understand how to deal with contingencies for the movement of goods by sea in relation to international trade
- Understand the costs involved in the movement of goods by sea in relation to intern
Contribute to the efficiency of the organisation in international tradeReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand customers in international trade
- Understand customer requirements when trading internationally
- Know the purpose of standard operating procedures
- Understand communication in international trade
- Contribute to the efficiency of the organisation
Employee rights and responsibilities in international tradeReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of organisations and industries in international trade
- Understand employers expectations and employees rights and obligations
Heath and safety procedures in the workplaceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Know health and safety procedures in the workplace
- Carry out tasks with regards to health and safety in the workplace
Know the movement of goods for international tradeReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Know the characteristics of goods and services that relate to international trade
- Complete official documentation when trading internationally
- Know the financial requirements for the movement of goods in international trade
- Know the legal and regulatory requirements for the movement of goods in international trade
- Obtain information on the movement of goods in international trade
Manage personal and professional development in International TradeReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Identify personal and professional development requirements
- Create a personal and professional development plan
- Maintain own personal and professional development plan
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.
Provide leadership for your team in logistics operationsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Provide leadership for own team in logistics operations
- Provide leadership in own team in logistics operations
Understand customs regulations, controls and processesReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand Customs in relation to international trade
- Understand controls in relation to international trade
- Understand duties and taxes
- Know the methods used for Customs clearance when trading internationally
- Process documentation for Customs
- Identify problems that can occur when processing documentation for Customs
Understand legal, risk and financial aspects of international tradeReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different finance options
- Know the legal aspects of international trade
- Know the purpose of risk management within the international trade sector
- Comply with legal and financial requirements when trading internationally
Understand marketing in international businessReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the political and social elements that influence the international business environment
- Analyse contemporary ethical issues encountered in international business practice
- Describe the economic and technological elements that shape the international business environment
- Analyse the challenges associated with operating within a global market
- Apply appropriate methods to market products internationally
- Evaluate the impact of international cultural differences on business operations
- Analyse development strategies employed within the international economy
Understanding trading internationallyReal unit · Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade
What you'll be able to do
- Understand trading internationally
- Understand the parties involved in international trade
- Understand the trading process
- Complete documentation for trading internationally
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.
Who’d teach you this
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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 the transportation of goods by rail
- Co-ordinate International Movement of Loads by Road
- Obtain information on goods being transported
Where this can lead
Customs & Trade Coordinator
Your journey here starts with getting the basics right, but the path ahead is full of opportunities to become a true expert in a fascinating and critical field. We're investing in you, and we're excited to see where you take your career with us.
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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 3 Diploma In International Trade and Services
16 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade.
- Arrange the international cross trade movement of goods by air
- Arrange the international cross trade movement of goods by sea
- Arrange the international movement of goods by rail
- Arrange the international movement of goods by road
- Arrange the international movement of goods by sea
- Contribute to the efficiency of the organisation in international trade
and 10 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.
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