OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE: FREIGHT HANDLER

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Curriculum Code : 833301000

Quality Partner : Transport Education and Training Authority (TETA)

The Occupational Certificate: Freight Handler prepares learners with the knowledge, practical skills and workplace experience required to safely and efficiently manage freight throughout

the logistics and supply chain process. The programme focuses on receiving, storing, picking, reconciling and dispatching freight while ensuring compliance with workplace procedures,

customer requirements, quality standards and relevant legislation.

Learners develop the competencies needed to operate in warehousing, distribution, freight forwarding, courier, airfreight, port operations and other logistics environments through a combination of classroom learning, practical training and structured workplace experience.

Knowledge Modules

• Freight Handling Theory
• Health, Safety, Quality and Transport Legislation
• Environmental Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Ethics
• Communication Theory

Practical Skills Modules

• Receiving freight
• Allocating freight for storage
• Picking freight accurately
• Reconciling freight
• Dispatching freight

Work Experience

• Receiving and inspecting freight
• Allocating and controlling stock within storage facilities
• Picking and preparing customer orders
• Reconciling freight against documentation
• Dispatching freight in accordance with customer, legislative and organizational requirements

Duration

The qualification combines knowledge training, practical skills development and compulsory workplace experience. The programme is typically completed over 12 months, depending on the training provider’s delivery schedule and workplace placement arrangements.

On successful completion of the programme, learners will be able to:

• Receive, inspect and record freight accurately.
• Allocate and store freight using recognised warehousing and stock control practices.
• Pick and prepare customer orders efficiently and accurately.
• Reconcile freight against documentation and identify discrepancies.
• Dispatch freight safely while complying with legislative, organizational and customer requirements.
• Apply health and safety regulations, environmental principles, quality standards and effective communication throughout freight handling operations.

Successful learners may pursue employment as:

• Freight Handler
• Freight Loader
• Warehouse Assistant
• Warehouse Operator
• Distribution Centre Assistant
• Logistics Assistant
• Stores Assistant
• Checker and Loader
• Yard Attendant
• Yardman
• Rail and Road Transport Vehicle Loader
• Courier Operations Assistant

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have a National Senior Certificate (NSC), Senior Certificate (SC), National

Certificate (Vocational) [NC(V)] or an equivalent qualification at NQF Level 2. Learners are also

required to complete the prescribed workplace experience and successfully pass the External

Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) before the occupational certificate can be awarded.