Produce costings for freight transport

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This standard is about producing costings for freight transport. It involves identifying points of contact, collection and/or delivery points and driver or vehicle requirements, so that costs can be calculated. It covers managing any special requirements for the care of the load during transport and the loading and unloading of the vehicle.

This standard is relevant to all those involved in producing costings for freight transport.

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1. ​establish a point of contact where the job details for freight transport can be obtained
2. confirm the freight transport collection and delivery point details to determine the distance and other associated costs
3. identify and confirm the operational requirements and any constraining requirements of the consignments to be moved, to assist with producing costings
4. identify the driver and vehicle requirements for carrying out the transportation of the load, in accordance with the relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice and organisational procedures
5. obtain information on the physical loading or unloading facilities available at collection or delivery points for the load and vehicle
6. identify and cost any specialist equipment required for loading and unloading
7. obtain the relevant information on the health, safety and environmental issues relating to the movement of the consignment
8. collate and record the information obtained to prepare the costings
9. produce, format and communicate costings for consignments to the customer
10. comply with the organisation's procedures and all the relevant legal, safety and operating requirements

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1. the sources and points of contact for information on the movement of loads

2. the type of load and characteristics of the consignment to be moved, and how these can affect costings

3. the different modes of freight transport and their associated costs
4. the types of freight transportation used by the organisation
5. the types of vehicles to be used for carrying different loads and how these affect the costings of the job
6. the type of facilities required for loading and unloading the consignment
7. the types of specialist equipment and their cost for loading and unloading the consignment
8. the sources of information relating to health, safety and environmental issues, relating to the movement of the consignment
9. the relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice relating to freight transportation
10. the relevant operational and organisational procedures relating to freight transportation
11. how to record information according to your organisation's policies and procedures
12. the constraints and conditions relating to the movement of loads
13. how to prepare costings, the different types of costings and what causes fluctuations in the costings
14. the terms and conditions affecting the communication of costings for transporting loads to customers
15. the communication methods used by the organisation to communicate *with *colleagues and customers
16. the relevant organisational, legal, safety and operating requirements relating to producing costings
17. the customer requirements for a consignment

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1. Costings: calculations of the cost to the logistics operation of moving goods by road transport
2. Legal, safety and operating requirements: safety regulations, codes of practice, load restrictions, working-time regulations, transport regulations
3. Communication: oral, written, electronic
4. Customers: internal and external
5. Consignment: goods carried by a freight vehicle that may include containers, liquids/powders, materials, livestock or waste. The goods may also have special requirements and/or be hazardous.
6. Legislation, regulations and codes of practice: driver's hours and licence regulations, driver CPC requirements, vehicle operator's licensing requirements, environmental operating procedures, hazardous load requirements, ADR

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2027

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Current

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Original

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Lantra

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SFL48

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Managers in Distribution, Storage and Retailing, Transport Associate Professionals, Transport Drivers and Operatives, Warehouse and Distribution, Transport Operations and Maintenance

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4134

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cost; transport; freight; price; consignment

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