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  • Freight Broker/Agent Training
  • W Insufficient student exit data. (3 or less)
University of Evansville

Provider Information

University of Evansville

Provider Location

1800 Lincoln Avenue
Evansville, IN 47722
https://www.evansville.edu/centerforlearning/
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Summary

Description

Jan Roach

Jan Roach entered the transportation field and became a partner in a freight brokerage operation in 1995. For over 10 years, she ran a brokerage/freight agency, overseeing sales, marketing, accounting and claims, and day-to-day operations. Roach holds a Bachelor of Science from Baylor University and has provided training for the freight industry since 2001.

Jeff Roach

Jeff Roach has been in the transportation and freight brokerage industry since 1986. He founded operating his own freight brokerage in 1995, after working as the vice president of national accounts for a major truckload carrier with an air freight division. He grew his brokerage into a multimillion-dollar business and began developing freight broker courses in 2001. Roach is a graduate of Abilene Christian University, holding a Bachelor of Science.

What you will learn

  • Freight Broker/Agent
  • The basics of freight brokering, and qualifications needed for freight brokers and freight broker agents
  • How to set up an office, goals, and a corporate identity for a freight brokering business
  • How to set up a shipper and carrier packet for a freight brokering business
  • Software used for accounting and operations and how the transportation law affects a freight brokering business
  • The terms, insurance requirements, liabilities, policies, and recordkeeping best practices involved in contracts between the broker, carrier, and shipper
  • Ways to determine rate quotes between your freight brokerage, the shipper, and the carrier using negotiation and sales techniques

How you will benefit

  • Insight into the industry to determine which avenue fits you best and will give you guidance to obtain the highest ratios for success
  • Why great software, quality contracts, and correct documentation are the backbone of your business
  • Understand transportation laws and how they affect your business
  • Learn the workings of the industry and how to translate that into your relations with your shippers and carriers
  • Fine-tune your ability to find a fair but profitable balance in rate quotes to keep your clients satisfied and coming back
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Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites to take this course. However, since this course focuses solely on U.S. domestic freight brokering, it is recommended you are interested in doing business in the United States.

This course is open enrollment, so you can register and start the course as soon as you are ready. Access to your course can take 24-48 business hours.

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  • 100 instructional hour(s)
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