K Knowledge HF-D9.8-004 job-specific 10 skills
Customs and international trade documentation
Knows commodity codes, import duties and document requirements for cross border transport and prepares declarations and transport documents correctly.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Knowledge test · rho 0.40 (SD 0.13)
- hrmforce instrument
- Knowledge test (client-specific)
- Competency (50-framework)
- Accuracy
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- declining
Test of declarative job knowledge, usually assembled per client.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Checks under guidance whether the required documents for a shipment are present and complete. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Independently determines commodity code and procedure for a shipment, files the declaration and answers questions from customs. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Sets up the organisation's customs processes, maintains the licences and accounts for compliance during inspections. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Filing a customs declaration Customs declaration | Prepares an import or export declaration with commodity code, value, origin and procedure and files it electronically. | declining |
| K | Applying Incoterms Incoterms | Chooses the right Incoterm for an order and thereby determines who bears cost, risk and formalities. | stable |
| K | Determining a commodity code HS code · Commodity code | Determines the CN or HS code of a product using the classification rules and records the reasoning behind it. | stable |
| K | Applying for a certificate of origin Certificate of origin | Applies for a certificate of origin or EUR.1 at the chamber of commerce and checks the rules of origin. | stable |
| T | Using the Dutch customs declaration system Customs declaration system | Enters declarations and follows status messages in the Dutch customs declaration system, such as DMS or AGS. | declining |
| K | Arranging customs transit with a T1 T1 transit document | Arranges customs transit under the external transit procedure and monitors discharge of the transit document. | stable |
| V | Calculating import duty and VAT Import duty | Calculates import duty, VAT and levies on the customs value and checks the tariffs to be applied. | declining |
| K | Complying with AEO requirements AEO | Works according to the authorised economic operator requirements and keeps internal controls demonstrably up to date. | stable |
| K | Screening export controls and sanctions Export control | Screens goods, destination and buyer against export control rules and sanctions lists before a shipment leaves. | rising |
| T | Using Portbase Portbase | Exchanges cargo and transport data with port and terminals through the port community system Portbase. | stable |