Vocation Training Centre

The Vocation Training Center of the Russian Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistic Organizations ( VTC FAR) was founded in order to provide training and professional development of managers and employees of membership organization, as well as other companies associated with the  forwarding industry and transport operations of foreign trade.

The license for educational activities No. 041122 dated 24.11.2020 was issued by the Department of Education and Science of Moscow.

VTC FAR offers various programs of additional professional education – retraining and advanced training, in the field of transport, freight forwarding, foreign trade and logistic, including the same of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) based on high-quality training standards in the industry by regularly updating the minimum FIATA standards.

About 2,000 Russian specialists have been trained in these programs at the VTC FAR, and based on the test results, taking into account the length of service and experience in the transport and forwarding business, almost 500 of them have received The FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding and about 30 – The FIATA Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management.

The VTC FAR attracts highly qualified lecturers and professors of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, the Higher School of Economics, the Moscow State Institute (University) of International Relations, the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade, the Russian Customs Academy, the Russian University of Transport and other industry educational institutes as well as specialists of the Ministry of Transport, other relevant departments and experienced employees of the leading freight forwarding and logistics companies.