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FREIGHT BROKER TRAINING CLASS DETAILS
Our basic one week hands-on
Classroom Instruction prepares you to:
Become a Property Broker in
Transportation and work at home or for someone else!
HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT YOU WILL
LEARN DURING OUR ONE WEEK BASIC PROGRAM:
- How to set up your
freight brokerage
- Freight Broker/Agent role
- Working from home as an
Agent for a Freight Broker or Carrier
- Perspectives of moving
freight
- Drivers view of cargo
movement
- Brokers view of working
with Shippers & Carriers
- Phone skills
- Basic sales skills
- Market your Services
- Calculate rates
- Negotiate rates with
Shippers and Carriers
- Book freight - how to find
it - how to move it
- Find out what parts of the
country are "freight-hot" and where it is not - also help with
knowing how to price
- How to properly fill out
load sheets
- Post loads
- Find trucks
- Dispatch
- Load-matching and Internet
Tools & Load Boards: How to use these effectively
- Numerous ways to find
freight using Internet Truckstop tools properly - even match freight
specifically to your posted trucks
- Finance your Accounts
Receivable for cash flow
- Free or discounted software
and valuable services to get you started & keep you moving forward
- Employment
options/Assistance
- Handle claims
- Daily accounting:
billing/payables/receivables/ledger
- Collections procedures
- Keep your brokerage solvent
- Develop credibility with
honesty, integrity, and service (did I mention service!)
- And of course, set up and
manage your office
- As part of this
course-work, you will leave here with tools and a business plan
- Much more!
Morning &
Afternoon Breaks as well as a lunch hour
Freight
Broker Training School Curriculum Highlights:
TTA
instructors teaching the classes described above will introduce you to
the tools used by the pros in this industry today and will provide you
with insider tips, strategies and resources to help you succeed. Some
of these include:
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Six figure agents and brokers from high performance brokerage firms
will impart the essential sales tips that boosted them to the top.
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Load-boards are used in the industry to list loads that need to be
transported. Students will learn how to use load-boards to their
advantage to keep trucks moving with full loads roundtrip.
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Freight broker professionals explain the extremely important
operations systems and accounting processes necessary to maximize
your profits and work with efficiency.
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Students are trained on premier Freight Broker Software.
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A factoring service demonstrates the advantages of factoring,
outsourcing of billing, accounts receivable and the credit
departments. A factoring service is a financial resource working
exclusively with transportation professionals. Through a factoring
service students’ financial risks are minimized and collections are
handled professionally.
COMPLETE CLASS DETAILS
ALL
STUDENTS OF TTA RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:
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Discount on BBS
Brokerage Software
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Discount on PC Miler
Software
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Discount on Internet
Truckstop for 6 months
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30 Day Trial of Post
Everywhere
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Guaranteed placement
to work from home as an agent.
Basics
of Freight Brokering (1 week)
The Beginner, 1- week class covers the
basics of Freight Brokering.
Freight Broker “basic training” by
successful professionals. All the essential knowledge in a one week
class. The student to teacher ratio is no more than 15 to 1. *
Transportation, lodging and meals are extra.
One week
complete course offers intensive hands-on Classroom Training which
consists of Textbook, daily lectures and exams, and field work with a
Broker Office right on site. Certificate of Broker Training awarded
upon satisfactory completion. Train in the heart of the Southeast or
Southwest. Call for details, pricing, and schedule.
Once again....our
training is centered around high standards!
Honesty ~
Integrity ~ Service
Property Broker is
the correct terminology for many names used in the business to identify
what we do. Such as, Truck Broker, Freight Broker, Freight Agent,
Transportation Broker or Agent, and many more lesser known descriptions.
Freight
Forwarder is a type of Cargo movement which involves the physical
acceptance of the freight for shipment. It usually involves
warehousing, holding, consolidation, and sometimes reshipping. Usually
these shipments are LTL, less than truckload.
Property Broker
Authority allows a third-party to arrange pick up and delivery of the
Shipper's product by a Carrier without ever having physical control of
the shipment. These shipments are typically TL, Truckload, but can also
be LTL.
It has been
recently estimated that freight transportation cost in the US is well
over the multi billion dollar range annually and rising. The amount of
this freight being moved by third parties is estimated currently at the
20-30% range and growing. More Shippers are using Brokers & Forwarders
each year since it is usually much less expensive for a Shipper to use
an outsource, than to fund and maintain an in-house staff functioning as
a Transportation Department. Employee-related costs are usually the
most expensive part of any business operation. Paying a Broker on a
performance-only basis is the trend of the future with many Shippers.
Those
individuals who like a challenge, are willing to to devote the time
needed to learn, and have the capability to set up an office and market
their services to Shippers are usually very successful in this field.
However, there are many pitfalls to be avoided and many who simply do
not know which way to turn for guidance in sticky situations. As we
mentioned on the Home page, this field is simply not for everyone!
Check again some
of the traits necessary to this type of endeavor: patience,
persistence, persuasive, yet pleasant and positive. It does take time
to establish and develop any new business. You should have the
financial resources available to sustain your self until the revenues
are coming in from your efforts. Or be willing to work as an Agent for
a season and learn first hand until you are sure this is for you and you
have the capital and contacts to branch out on your own.
This is an
excellent business and the Brokers that are successful are making
anywhere from $40,000.00 to $400,000.00 per year. From a small
part-time, home-based business to a larger office with just a few
employees. But, remember, there are more failures than most will tell
you of. Make a self-evaluation based on the traits and information we
have presented, and if you feel that you are one of those who are
determined to make it, call and schedule in to the next available Class
and we will dedicate our resources and experience to getting you off to
the best possible start and direction. Call 1-800-865-1923 Monday -
Friday 8AM-5PM CST. If you decide this is for you, we look forward to
meeting you and helping you.
PRIVACY POLICY
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information and application purposes only.
The information you may provide is not resold or distributed to any
third parties. Application information is used solely for review by
Transport Training of America, Inc. and does not obligate the applicant.
Upcoming Class Schedule:
Seating for all classes is limited to the
first 10 registrations.
Register early to insure your spot in class!
2004 Class Schedule
NOVEMBER
15th - Dallas, TX
DECEMBER
6th - Dallas, TX & Mobile, AL
13th - Atlanta, GA
Call 1-800-481-2761 for
future class dates & to reserve your spot or
request more information online!
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES 2005
DALLAS & MOBILE ATLANTA PHOENIX
JANUARY 10-14 JANUARY 3-7 JANUARY 24-28
FEBRUARY 21-25 FEBRUARY 7-11
MARCH 14-18
APRIL 4-8 APRIL 18-22
MAY 16-20 MAY 2-6
JUNE 20-24 JUNE 6-10
JULY 25-29
AUGUST 22-26 AUGUST 8-12
SEPTEMBER 19-23 SEPTEMBER 5-9
OCTOBER 17-21 OCTOBER 3-7
NOVEMBER 14-18
DECEMBER 12-16 DECEMBER 5-9
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