Humboldt Crew Completes International Move Certification Trainings

Humboldt Storage & Moving crew members recently completed a 2 day extensive “International Moving” training.

Lead by Humboldt International Managing Director, Steve Dozois, the training consisted of:

4-5 hours of video classroom training including:

• Preparation of the residences prior to beginning work in residence.
• Review of various shipping options available including: Steamship containers, wooden lift vans for smaller shipments, air containers, and variable size containers.
• Packing techniques for international moves.
• Wrapping techniques for wrapping various kinds of furniture and goods.
• Techniques to pack/wrap for density & space saving techniques.
• Loading techniques of a container, lift van, and various air containers.
• Review of various documents that are required including bill of ladings, inventories, Power of Attorney forms, 2 forms of ID required from customers for security purposes, etc.
• Completing delivery to residence with proper steps for unloading, unwrapping of goods and unpacking boxes.

1-2 hours of documentation training including:

• What documents are required for export clearance from the US.
• Customs regulations and requirements for destination countries.
• Proper completion of inventory process for Customs purposes.
• Review of allowable and non-allowable items.
• US and foreign governmental documents required for shipping goods out of the US.

1 full day of hands on training in the warehouse including:

• Proper packing.
• Wrapping techniques.
• Proper loading techniques for loading a steamship container.
• Loading of a wooden lift van and air containers.
• Proper unloading techniques of shipment into residence.
• Unwrapping of goods.
• Set up of goods in the home.
• Unpacking.

Congratulations to the hard working team members who completed this training: Barry Pomerleau, Ray Hughes, Mike Bates, Lance Peterson, Kevin Morrison, Liam Keough, Marian Dragan, and Eric Furey.