Specialist for port logistics
Specialist for port logistics is the name of a state-recognized training occupation in Germany . Training is regulated in the Ordinance on Vocational Training for Port Logistics Specialists from January 20, 2006, which came into force on August 1, 2006 . The specialist for port logistics replaces the sea cargo controller, whose training was regulated in the ordinance on professional training for sea cargo controllers of February 4, 1975.
The training usually lasts three years and is carried out in the dual vocational training system.
The introduction of a new apprenticeship was necessary above all in order to react to changed conditions in the area of goods handling, storage and cargo and goods control.
Training and deployment locations
Specialists in port logistics are trained and deployed primarily in port management companies that handle or store goods or in the goods control of sea port companies. The place of work is primarily in the port at transshipment points or on ships, but also in the respective department in the office.
The training can be completed in sea or inland ports .
Duties of the specialist for port logistics
In addition to general areas such as labor and collective bargaining law, safety and health protection at work and work organization, port logistics specialists are trained in at least the following areas:
- environmental Protection
- logistic processes and quality assurance measures
- Goods control and value-preserving measures
- Storage and processing of goods
- Load planning, e.g. B. stowage plan
- Handling of goods
- Container
- Envelope and shipping documents
- Handling of dangerous goods
Skilled workers for port logistics
- check incoming and outgoing goods for quantity, quality and whether they correspond to the condition specified in the cargo documents
- clarify defects with the unloader or the person responsible for the load and eliminate or change them
- determine the dimensions and weights of the load or calculate and check them
- draw samples or create different patterns such as the sales or arbitrage pattern
- are responsible for the storage and retrieval of goods and their proper storage
- prepare and monitor the shipment of special and dangerous goods
- monitor the loading and unloading of containers and ships
- check the ship's rooms and loading facilities for the required cleanliness
Training opportunities
Further education u. a .:
- Transport specialist
- Business economist for logistics
Study z. B .:
- Bachelor in logistics
literature
- Lifting in the harbor . In: Deutsche Seeschifffahrt , issue 4/2013, p. 62, Association of German Shipowners eV, Hamburg 2013
Web links
- Specialist for Port Logistics in Berufenet the Federal Employment Agency
- Training course for specialist in port logistics, Schiffer-Berufskolleg RHEIN, Duisburg
- Specialist for port logistics, state trade school shipyard and port
Individual evidence
- ^ Ordinance on vocational training for port logistics specialists. Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection , January 20, 2006, accessed on January 16, 2019 .
- ^ Rostock: Exam stress in the quay hall. North German Latest News , June 27, 2018, accessed on January 15, 2019 .
