Traffic Shipping and Receiving Technician, Certificate of Achievement

Upon successful completion of the Traffic Shipping & Receiving Technician Certificate, the student demonstrates skills, knowledge, and training for entry-level positions preparing and sending (shipping) and taking in (receiving) merchandise sent between companies. The student demonstrates skills to ensure that the right merchandise is being sent and is in acceptable condition, prepare bills of lading and related paperwork for commercial and other shipments, figure freight or postal rates and record costs and weights of each shipment. The student demonstrates his or her ability to write and keep records and reports on warehouse activities, wrap and address the goods to be shipped, inspect trucks and vans to make sure they're clean, and route incoming items coming in to a plant, warehouse, or department.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. The student will demonstrate skills to ensure that the right merchandise is being sent and is in acceptable condition, prepare bills of lading and related paperwork for commercial and other shipments, figure freight or postal rates and record costs and weights of each shipment.

2. The student will demonstrate the ability to write and keep records and reports on warehouse activities, wrap and address the goods to be shipped, inspect trucks and vans to make sure they're clean, and route incoming items coming in to a plant, warehouse, or department.

3. The student will demonstrate skills, knowledge, and training for entry-level positions preparing and sending (shipping) and taking in (receiving) merchandise sent between companies.

Core Requirements

Complete 1.5 units

BUS 051

Introduction to Transportation

1.5

Restricted Electives

Area A - Complete 3 units selected from:

CS 011	Fundamentals of Computer Science	3
CSA 020	Computer Information Systems Applications	3

Area B - Complete 3 units selected from:

BUS 001A	Principles of Accounting	5
BUS 010A	Bookkeeping	3

Area C - Complete 3 units selected from:

BUS 056	Transportation: Export and Import	3
BUS 057	Introduction to Logistics	3
BUS 098V	Work Experience: Business, Accounting & Business Information Management	1-4

Area D - Complete 3 units selected from:

BIM 038	Office Technologies and Procedures	3
BIM 039	Office Management	3
BIM 081	Records Management and Filing	3
COM ST 007	Intercultural Communication	3
ENG 079	Preparatory English	5
MATH 077A	Business Mathematics	3
or higher level math course

Minimum Units Required: 13.5

Complete all courses with a grade of "C" or better.

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