Helping forwarding industry to meet global demands

As part of its commitment to closing all skills gaps for customs administrations and the private sector, Global Maritime Learning Solutions embarked on several initiatives during 2011 and 2012. The organisation recently concluded the first Fiata (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) diploma training in South Africa in over 10 years, including the 4 Gap Modules curriculum that previously was not available in South Africa. It was appointed by the South African Association of Freight Forwarders (Saaff) to deliver the training. “The freight forwarding Industry, in facing the challenges of professionally meeting the demands of the global market, needs to ensure that its employees receive the highest standard of training available in the market. To that end we will continue to offer this training in the future together with the Fiata Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management,” says GMLS managing director, Mark Goodger. In other educational news, GMLS was been awarded the Teta Tender to develop the NQF 5 Supply Chain Management Qualification. The tender project should become available for South African learners during the 2013/2014 year. Goodger also addressed delegates at the Word Customs Organisation (WCO) PICARD 2012 Conference held in Morocco during September, which provided an open channel for improved co-operation between the global customs professionals, academic partners and other stakeholders responsible for building capacity within the customs field. The address highlighted his recent findings whilst doing a European Union research study on Accredited Customs Training Programmes in the SADC region. CAPTION Forging closer international ties …. Managing director of GMLS, Mark Goodger, is pictured with the World Customs Organisation secretary general, Kunio Mikuriya, at a recent conference in Morocco.