Business people for international business activities
With this additional qualification you can improve your chances on the job market by a substantial one, just like the career advancement chances. The newly acquired special knowledge about international business processes opens up new fields of activity and at the same time saves a lot of time, because the qualification is already completed during the training.
The following areas must be covered in the course of the AQ:
- Participation in the preparation course and completion of the three module tests of the IHK training course IHK Specialist Import and Export
- Communication and correspondence in English with KMK certificate or BEC certificate (min. level B1)
- Communication and correspondence in a second foreign language, e.g. Spanish, Russian, Dutch or French with e.g. DELE certificate (min. level A1)
- Internship abroad, minimum duration 3 weeks
The following topics are included in the modules of the IHK:
Module I: International Business Practice
- Motives and aims of foreign trade
- Sources of information for a market assessment of foreign trade
- Market assessment criteria
- Customer search abroad
- Forms of presence in foreign markets
- Advantages and disadvantages of sales channels abroad
- Legal foundations of international business
- UN sales law
- Feasibility studies of foreign transactions
- Export calculations
- Operational processing of foreign business
Module II: International Marketing
- Basics of international marketing
- Basic Strategies for Internationalization
- Necessary operational requirements
- Intercultural Acting
- Information procurement in the import and export business
- Product, price, distribution and communication analysis for imports and exports
Module III: Import and export procedures for goods and services
- customs legislation
- foreign trade law
- Prohibitions and restrictions on the movement of goods
- Customs provisions for goods covered by the Customs Code
- Transfer of goods into customs and fiscal circulation
- Processing of import transactions
- Calculation of import duties
- Placing of goods under the export procedure
- export transaction processing
Duration
The additional offer starts every school year with the beginning of the 2nd school semester (beginning of February). Classes take place on Wednesdays from 17:30 to 20:30 and last 12 months.