Details + Objectives

What you will learn

• The basics of freight brokering, and qualifications needed for freight brokers and freight broker agents

• How to set up an office, goals, and a corporate identity for a freight brokering business

• How to set up a shipper and carrier packet for a freight brokering business

• Software used for accounting and operations and how the transportation law affects a freight brokering business

• The terms, insurance requirements, liabilities, policies, and recordkeeping best practices involved in contracts between the broker, carrier, and shipper

• Ways to determine rate quotes between your freight brokerage, the shipper, and the carrier using negotiation and sales techniques

How you will benefit

• Insight into the industry to determine which avenue fits you best and will give you guidance to obtain the highest ratios for success

• Why great software, quality contracts, and correct documentation are the backbone of your business

• Understand transportation laws and how they affect your business

• Learn the workings of the industry and how to translate that into your relations with your shippers and carriers

• Fine-tune your ability to find a fair but profitable balance in rate quotes to keep your clients satisfied and coming back

How the course is taught

• Self-paced, online course

• 6 Months to complete

• Open enrollment, begin anytime

• 100 course hours