As an Import Export Specialist In Live Animals, you will need to master following:

• animal health rules of distribution of products of animal origin
• apply import strategies
• build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds
• communicate with shipment forwarders
• embargo regulations
• ensure customs compliance
• general principles of food law
• handle carriers
• international commercial transactions rules
• international import export regulations
• live animal products
• monitor merchandise delivery
• plan transport operations
• protective measures against the introduction of organisms

More generally, an import export specialist in live animals is also versed in:

• administer multi-modal logistics
• apply conflict management
• apply export strategies
• create import-export commercial documentation
• create solutions to problems
• file claims with insurance companies
• handle quotes from prospective shippers
• have computer literacy
• meet deadlines
• speak different languages

It also helps to know the following: