Practice 2 (TOL380)

Content

Themes included in this practice subject are:

• Control of travelers and goods

• Shipping and customs procedures when importing and exporting goods

• Control of goods handling, declaration control and

• Safe control and HSE in control work

• Body language, conversation technique

• Use of control tools • Drug knowledge

• Forms of sanctioning: report, simplified submission etc.

• Vehicle control • Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student must have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

After completing the course, students must have knowledge of and be able to:

• give an account of the role of customs officers in the Norwegian Customs Authority, and see the agency's role, tasks, organization and function in context

• explain how customs officers can prevent the illegal import and export of goods

• give an account of border and goods control and have knowledge of the control support systems used

• relate practice to current legislation, framework conditions and professional ethical guidelines that regulate the work as a customs officer

• account for opportunities and challenges in the border control work with regard to HSE

• suggest how potential conflict situations can be resolved

After completing the course, students should have skills in:

• carry out expedition and customs procedures on importation

• communicate with travelers and other users in a safe and relationship-promoting way and know how good communication helps to solve difficult situations • carry out checks and assess sanction options,

• explain the proceedings for which penal reactions occur in the event of a customs violation and their application

After completing the course, students must have general competence to be able to:

• independently organize own work and take care of health, environment and safety perspectives

• show empathy and respect for travelers and others

• show willingness and ability to make use of guidance and feedback

• identify own knowledge needs, show self-awareness in relation to own learning needs as well as acquire and acquire new knowledge and skills

• interact with fellow students and colleagues

• see and create connections between the more theoretical subjects and practice

• independently report relevant information to colleagues

Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, students will have the following learning outcomes defined in knowledge, skills and general competence:

After successfully completing the course, students will have knowledge about and be able to:

• account for the role of customs officials in Norwegian Customs, and view the agency’s role, tasks, organisation and function in relation to each other
• account for how customs officials can prevent the illegal import and export of goods
• account for border and goods control and have knowledge about the control support systems used
• account for Norwegian Customs’ procedures regarding the movement of goods and how classification, customs value, origin and quantity are decisive in determining the correct customs duty/fee and restriction
• discuss alternative approaches to control tasks based on surveys and methods of information retrieval (compliance strategies)
• Relate practice to applicable legislation, framework conditions and professional ethics guidelines that regulate work as a customs officer
• account for opportunities and challenges in border management work with regard to HSE

After successfully completing the course, students will have skills in:

• carrying out processing and customs procedure in relation to the import and export of goods
• carrying out declaration control in order to assess the correctness of classification, origin, quantity and determination of customs value in relation to the determination of customs duty, fees and restrictions
• assessing and reproducing the possibility of collaboration between declaration control and follow-up checks
• Communicating with travellers and other clients in a confident and relationship-enhancing manner, and being aware of how good communication helps to resolve difficult situations
• suggesting how potential conflict situations can be resolved
• carrying out control checks and assess sanction options based on the travel regulations
• explaining which sanctions may be used in the event of customs violations and the application of these

After successfully completing the course, students will have general competence in:

• independently organising their own work and safeguarding health, safety and environment perspectives
• showing empathy and respect to travellers and others
• demonstrating the willingness and ability to utilise guidance and feedback
• identifying their own knowledge requirements, showing self-awareness in relation to their own learning needs, and collecting and acquiring new knowledge and skills
• reflecting on and participating in interdisciplinary collaboration
• interacting with fellow students and colleagues
• identifying and creating connections between the more theoretical courses and supervised professional training
• independently reporting relevant information to colleagues and other collaborative authorities

Required prerequisite knowledge

Exam

Coursework requirements

Course teacher(s)

Course coordinator:

Study Adviser:

Method of work

Before the first period of supervised professional training, students will take part in an introductory practical training seminar. Students will receive continuous feedback from the supervisor on their own practice and behaviour.

Shift work may occur.

A reflection report must be submitted before the practical training period ends and is included as a basis for assessment. In TOL380 , students will participate actively and carry out compulsory work tasks.

Open for

Course assessment

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