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Promoting logistics for life National Apprenticeship Week (NAW2022) runs from 7 to 13 February with the aim to promote apprenticeships as an alternative to university or college for school-leavers. Apprenticeships provide individuals with a formal learning pathway within the workplace and result in valuable, well- trained team members at the end of the programme. Throughout the week, Carl Hobbis, BIFA Training & Development Manager, will be working alongside Members of the BIFA Young Forwarder Network to promote careers in logistics to students at schools and colleges in London and the East of England. On Friday 11 February at 1100hrs, BIFA Members are invited to attend a one-hour online event detailing the International Freight Forwarding Specialist Apprenticeship, its structure, and the benefits that an apprentice can bring to your organisation. We will also give several practical tips that businesses should consider before taking on an apprentice. With NAW2022 literally upon us, we urge Members to get out there and promote the industry as a career. We have a variety of useful information to help Members, which can be found at https://apprentices.bifa.org/empl oyers The event is free, and you can register via the QR code below.
BIFA goes digital with training course certification
BIFA has changed the certification of live training courses with a move to a modern platform delivering digital badges from January 2022 . Carl Hobbis, BIFA’s Executive Director, who has management responsibility for BIFA’s training and development services, said: “This change is part of our modernisation and more importantly, will provide a better service to delegates and their organisations as they will receive their credentials much faster. “For those completing our BTEC courses, following assessment and submission of all homework, delegates will receive two types of accreditation. “First will be a ‘digital badge’ from BIFA, which will be
graded into Pass, Merit or Distinction. Second, a few weeks later, will be the physical BTEC Level 2 Intermediate Award qualification certificate from Pearson.” The digital system makes it easier for training delegates to share their credentials, which are GDPR compliant, in a totally secure manner via various channels. Hobbis concluded: “The badges are easy to download and if delegates still want a physical copy of their BIFA training certificate, they can download one from the link they will receive and print it.” www.bifa.org/training
Freight-Pay – An online platform for FIATA members
One of the benefits of BIFA membership is that your company is joined as an
individual member of the global forwarders’ representative body, FIATA. FIATA has developed a custom platform called Freight-Pay to
facilitate payments among individual FIATA members.
You can instantly send and receive money worldwide while benefiting from reduced transaction fees. Freight-Pay offers user-friendly features to manage payables and receivables, allowing you to keep track of all transactions through a single tool. Full information and video tutorials can be found at the FIATA
website https://fiata.org/freight- pay.html For general questions about Freight-Pay, please
contact digital@fiata.org For technical questions and support, please contact Pay Cargo at support@paycargo.com
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