Customs Brokers

Also called: Corporate Licensed Broker, Customs Broker

What they do:

Prepare customs documentation and ensure that shipments meet all applicable laws to facilitate the import and export of goods. Determine and track duties and taxes payable and process payments on behalf of client. Sign documents under a power of attorney. Represent clients in meetings with customs officials and apply for duty refunds and tariff reclassifications. Coordinate transportation and storage of imported goods.

On the job, you would:

Prepare and process import and export documentation according to customs regulations, laws, or procedures.
Clear goods through customs and to their destinations for clients.
Pay, or arrange for payment of, taxes and duties on shipments.

Knowledge

Transportation

movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road

Arts and Humanities

English language

Business

administrative services
customer service

Safety and Government

law and government

Skills

Basic Skills

listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
reading work related information

Problem Solving

noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it