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Unit Aims, Objectives and Prerequisites
S.2.5. Supervision of container freight stations

1. Unit Aims

This Unit is designed:

1. To discuss the labour and equipment resources of a CFS, and the procedures for allocating and deploying them.
2. To explain the procedures by which the reception, storage and dispatch of cargoes are planned and prepared.
3. To describe the procedures followed in controlling and supervising the handling of export cargoes through the CFS, arriving by road, rail and inland waterway transport.
4. To describe the procedures followed in controlling and supervising the handling of import cargoes through the CFS, leaving via road, rail and inland waterway transport.
5. To review the general responsibilities of the CFS supervisor.
6. To improve the quality of CFS supervision and to provide the knowledge and skills for a critical review of current supervisory procedures and mechanisms.

2. Unit Objectives

After completing this Unit, the learner will be able to:

1. Name the categories of staff involved in supervising CFS operations and outline their responsibilities.
2. Describe the process of scheduling CFS activities for the next work period on the basis of advance information received about the export and import cargoes to be handled.
3. Given the necessary information about a consignment of cargo, calculate the space it will occupy in storage.
4. List and explain the guidelines followed when allocating import and export consignments to particular storage locations.
5. Explain the planning procedures for the packing of export cargoes and loading of import cargoes at the CFS.
6. Given the relevant data about a consignment of cargo, calculate the space it will occupy when packed in a container.
7. Explain the need for strict supervisory control of CFS cargo movements, discuss the essential elements of an effective control system, and explain how the system is used.
8. Describe and explain the significance of the supervisory and control procedures relating to the handling of export consignments through the CFS.
9. Describe and explain the significance of the supervisory and control procedures relating to the handling of import consignments through the CFS.
10. List the cargoes and storage procedures that need special attention, and describe the supervisory and control requirements for dealing with them.
11. Name, explain and give examples of the six areas of general supervisory responsibility.
12. Define, recognize the best definition of, or distinguish between true and false statements concerning, the technical terms used in the Unit, as listed in sections 3 and 4 below.

3. Unit Prerequisites

It is assumed that trainees will, before starting this Unit, have completed successfully the following Units or will have demonstrated (eg by successfully completing the Tests for those Units) their understanding of the topics covered by them:

• Container terminal operations (C.1.1)
• Container freight station operations (C.1.6)
• Container construction (C.3.1)
• Container inspection (C.3.3)
• Packing of goods in containers: 1. Principles and planning (C.3.4)
• Packing of goods in containers: 2. Working practices (C.3.5)
• Safe working on container terminals (C.4.1)
• Handling dangerous cargoes in ports (P.3.1)