Freight Handler

NQF03, 10 months full-time, 8 months part-time | Credits 122 (SAQA I.D: 96396)

Course Overview

For those who wish to pursue a career in the movement of goods, ensuring freight is handled safely and efficiently.

Freight Handlers coordinate all aspects of freight receipt and despatch through storage facilities - this qualification prepares learners for employment opportunities in the broader freight transport industry, including, warehousing, factories, ports, rail, and airports.
Theoretical and practical components, will be useful for various goods handling environments, including safe and successful transportation of dangerous goods, while promoting professionalism, work ethics and good governance.

This qualification offers opportunity to further studies in specialist areas including:
• Container Handling.
• Stevedoring.
• Bulk Operations.
• Port Operations.
• Airline Ground Crew.
• Courier Services.
• Pipeline.
• Warehousing and Distributions.

On-the-job experience can lead to positions of greater responsibility in the safe handling of goods and freight.

The qualified learner will be able to:
• Demonstrate receiving of freight.
• Demonstrate allocation of freight for storage and control of stock.
• Prepare and ensure the picking of freight for loading or off-loading, based on specified procedures.
• Reconcile and dispatch freight according to legislation.

Admission requirements:

• No Grade 12 necessary
• Prior NQF Level 2 qualification
• Part-Time only - Current employment within the transport or allied industries