Customs Broker
Advise individuals and companies on importing and exporting products
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- What's it like to be a Customs Broker?
- How to become a Customs Broker
- Latest Customs Broker jobs
- Top skills and experience for Customs Brokers
- Customs Broker role reviews
What's it like to be a Customs Broker?
Customs Brokers are experts about importing and exporting particular products or commodities into a country. They advise individuals and companies about international trade, entry procedures, valuation, classification and duties and taxes. Customs Brokers are skilled individuals who classify and lodge clearers for import and export shipments by liaising directly with customers.
Tasks and duties
- Providing organisations with information and paperwork that helps them ship their goods out of the country and helping businesses import goods successfully by clearing customs.
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge about the latest tariffs and fees that Australian businesses are required to pay, in addition to ensuring compliance with biosecurity and other requirements.
- Arranging permissions, licences or other approvals to ensure the smooth importation of particular types of goods.
How to become a Customs Broker
In Australia, all Customs Brokers are required to be licensed by the Department of Home Affairs and are required to undergo training in addition to regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
- There are three categories of Customs Brokers: corporate, sole trader and nominee. Regardless of which category you pursue, you’ll need to complete an approved course of study. The current approved course of study is a Diploma of Customs Broking (TLI50822).
- To receive your licence, you must also demonstrate that you have acquired custom broking experience in the workplace.
- While not a mandatory requirement, some organisations may require you to sit a national examination to ensure you have the knowledge required of a customs broker.
- Once you have your Customs Broker’s licence, it may be granted for a period of up to three years. You must also commit to undertaking CPD each year to ensure that your knowledge and understanding of changes impacting the industry remains up-to-date.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Customs Broker employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Customs Clearance
Classifying
Australian Customs Broker Licence
Import & Export
Customs Regulations
CargoWise Logistics Software
Edi Software
Customs Law
Customs Documentation
Accreditation
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Latest Customs Broker reviews
May 2021
Customs brokers bringing together greater understanding of the industry
Reviewer's QualificationDiploma of Customs Broking
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationCustoms and quarantine freight clearance
The good thingsThe position is diverse where everyday brings together different aspects to consider from customs/quarantine, freight forwarding, customer service to accounts.
The challengesThe challenges may include the volume of work and maintaining a high level of accurate attention to details.
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Mar 2025
High risk and low pay
Reviewer's QualificationDiploma of Customs Broking
Experience1 – 4 years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationManufacturing, Transport & Logistics
The good thingsCustoms broker is hard job to learn and do
The challengesKPI as only standard to judge your work volume.
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