Online Course: Foreign Trade Assistant

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Professional Course: Foreign Trade Assistant (Back Office, eLearning, 19 ECTS)

The Online “Professional Course in Foreign Trade Assistant” taught by EENI Business School & HA Independent University is designed to provide all the necessary knowledge to successfully perform the functions of a foreign trade assistant (imports and exports) of an export or import company.

The Professional Course “Foreign Trade Assistant” is also aimed at all those people who wish to create their own company offering assistance and consulting services in foreign trade to export and import companies from anywhere in the world.

The e-learning Professional Course “Foreign Trade Assistant” consists of nine modules:

Master/ Course: Foreign Trade Assistant

Introduction to the Foreign Trade (1)
Foreign Trade Documents (1)
Incoterms (2)
Customs (3)
Export Department (Back Office) (1)
International Transport and Logistics (5)
International Payment Methods. Letter of Credit (3)
International Market Research (2)
Export Prices Calculation (1)

Parentheses indicate the ECTS = European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

Detailed content of the Professional Course: Foreign Trade Assistant

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Online Course taught by EENI
Total Tuition Fees: € 456 (Pricing Policy, Financing)
Credits: 19 ECTS
Duration: 19 weeks
Organisation: EENI Business School
Students can begin the course when he/she wishes (open enrolment) and from any place in the world
Requires an average dedication of 12 hours per week
Download the syllabus (PDF) of the Professional Course

Learning materials (free multilingual training): (or Curso Asistente de Comercio Exterior Cours : assistant de commerce international Curso: Assistente de Comércio Exterior).

Upon completion of this course, those students who wish to study the Online Master in Foreign Trade Back Office (60 ECTS) can automatically validate all the subjects of the Professional Course.

Functions of a Foreign Trade Assistant

A Foreign Trade Assistant, usually works in the Back Office of an exporting or importing company, providing a series of administrative activities related to the exports and imports and supporting the export department. Generally, he/she does not have a direct contact with the final customer.

Some of the activities carried out by an Foreign Trade Assistant are: management of the foreign orders, control of the exports and imports, processing of the international trade documents, management of the customs procedures, making the international offers, international transport management (follow-up , analysis, freight negotiation), customer service, incident resolution, activity reports, market research, cost control and export prices...

In other words, the Foreign Trade Assistant guarantees the foreign trade flows of an exporting or importing company, reporting directly to the director of the foreign trade department.

Unlike a Back Office for the national market, the Foreign Trade Assistant must have a solid knowledge of the international trade: customs, Incoterms, management of the foreign trade documents, international transport, documentary credits, market research, export price calculation...

In addition, the Foreign Trade Assistant must be fluent in languages. The usual thing is that the Foreign Trade Assistant will be bilingual (English and Spanish), or even knows other languages such as French or Portuguese. Therefore, the Student can study the Course in Foreign Trade Assistant in any of these four languages, under three modalities:

Only one language (for example English or Spanish)
Bilingual (for example, Spanish + English): the course is studied in both languages; the exercises are done in Spanish. The diploma of the Professional Course will indicate: bilingual Spanish and English.
Trilingual (for example, Spanish + English + French): the course is studied in three languages; half of the exercises are done in Spanish and the other half in French. The diploma of the Professional Course will indicate: trilingual English, Spanish and French.

Diploma

The course contains exercises that are evaluated, which the student must work out and pass to obtain the diploma “Professional Course in Foreign Trade Assistant” issued by EENI Business School & HA Independent University.

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