International Trade Services

Training

To achieve success in international trade, it is vital for those involved to adopt a professional approach towards acquiring the skills and knowledge needed. With this in mind, and to ensure that local businesses have access to training courses of professional quality, NHCCI has a programme of international trade-related courses from JETS-accredited trainers. JETS stands for Joint Export Training Standards, a national benchmark agreed between The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and The Institute of Export, and supported by UK Trade & Investment, Scottish Development International and the National Training Organisation for Employment. The NHCCI Documentation courses are themselves also JETS-accredited.

The ITC offers a programme of training courses tailored to the needs of exporters and importers. We have seven 1-day courses (4 on Documentation and 3 on Sales & Marketing), and these are run in Basingstoke throughout the year. We also have a special 4-day National Export Sales Training (NEST) Certificate Course for company staff - export sales managers, directors, executives and sales engineers - whose job is to secure orders.

Each of these courses is held according to demand, and details and scheduled dates are available on request.

A fact sheet on Training Courses in International Trade is available.

The 1-day courses, and their content, are:

Export or Import Documentation Courses
Introduction to Export Operations (IEO)
Date: Tuesday 16th September 2008 (further dates TBA)
Foundation Course in Importing (FCI)
Date: Monday 6th October 2008 (further dates TBA)
Documentary Letters of Credit, Drafts & Bills (DLCDB)
Date: Wednesday 22nd October 2008 (further dates TBA)
Exports: Understanding the Paperwork (EUP)
Date: Wednesday November 12th 2008 (further dates TBA)

Sales & Marketing Courses
Exporting and the Internet (EI)
Date: TBA
Exporting Services Overseas (ESO)
Date: TBA
Developing an Export Business Plan (DEBP)
Date: TBA