- •Contents:
- •Text 1 At the Customs House
- •Text 1 Customs Clearance
- •Text 2 Таможенные правила ввоза и вывоза
- •Text 3 Tips for Travelers
- •Section 3 Customs Declaration
- •Text 1 Паспортный контроль
- •Text 2 Таможенный контроль
- •Text 1 Effective Passenger and Baggage Control
- •Text 2 Search of person
- •Text 3 Customs Legalization
- •Text 4 Customs Officers Must Not Be Given Free Reign
- •Section 2 Border Control
- •Text 1 uk Border Agency
- •Immigration Control in the uk
- •Text 4 u.S. Customs and Border Protection Part I
- •Part II
- •Text 6 Putting Our Security at Risk
- •Section 3 Fight against Terrorism
- •Text 1 What is Terrorism?
- •Text 2 For Mexican drug ring in Hawaii, aloha means goodbye…
- •Paying Customs Duties and Taxes
- •Section 2 Customs Documentation
- •Carco-processing
- •Section 3 Customs procedures
- •Section 2. Methods of smuggling
- •Mule (smuggling)
- •Smuggling methods
- •Text 1 Work and Careers
- •Text 2 Customs officer in the uk Part I
- •Part II
- •Immigration officer in the uk Part I
- •Part II
- •Text 4 Customs officer in Australia
- •Text 5 What is a Customs Broker in the usa?
- •Text 6 Customs Broker Service in Russia
- •Text 7 Competence of Customs Bodies of Russia
- •Section 2 Job Interview
- •Text 1 The Interview
- •Remember:
- •Preparing for the interview
- •Before the interview:
- •Section 3 Resume Cover Letter
- •Introducing Yourself Through a Cover Letter (a. Morris) Part I
- •Part II What you Need for a Successful Cover Letter
- •Laura Pei
- •205 East Mountain Lane
- •A Cover Letter
- •Curriculum Vitae
- •Application for Employment
- •Appendix I Rendering practice Plan of rendering of the article
- •5. Выводы.
- •The example of rendering
- •Drugs found in coffee machine consignment
- •Texts for rendering
- •Airport Tests Passenger Eye Ids (Identities)
- •Customs Entry and Customs Procedure Codes
- •Monk nabbed at airport trying to smuggle dead nun's skeleton out of Greece
- •Ian Jackson MacDonald, accused drug smuggler, nabbed after 30 years on America's Most Wanted list
- •Forwarding Agents
- •Appendix II Supplementary reading
- •Border Patrol in the usa. Who We Are and What We Do
- •History of smuggling in England
- •History of smuggling in the usa
- •Reasons for Smuggling
- •Human trafficking
- •Smuggling Operations
- •Criminal Elements
- •Errors in export-import documentation
- •The Customs warehousing procedure
- •Clearance for home use
- •Smuggling tunnels
- •Requirements for a position at Customs in New Zealand
- •A Letter of Application
- •Appendix III
- •Appendix IV Expressions to Learn
- •Appendix V Энциклопедии и словари
- •Образовательные сайты
- •Образование за рубежом
- •Дистанционное образование
- •Сайты для преподавателей английского языка
- •Англоязычные сайты по тематике «Methods of teaching in foreign countries»
- •Glossary
- •Books Referred to
Part II
The salary of a customs officers of different levels in the UK are:
salaries at assistant officer grade start at 15, 720 pounds a year;
officers earn between 20, 175 and 25, 710 pounds a year;
salaries after promotion to higher officer grades are between 25, 248 and 38, 861 pounds a year.
You would also receive extra allowances for working unsocial hours. People working in London will receive a higher rate of pay.
As a full-time officer you would work 36 hours a week over five days. In a border protection role you would work shifts to cover 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Job sharing or part-time work may be available.
You would be based at airports and seaports. You would also travel to attend court when necessary.
Skills and knowledge that any customs officer need are:
Good judgment;
confident decision making ability;
accuracy and attention to detail;
the ability to work alone and also as part of a team;
good listening and questioning skills;
a tactful but assertive manner;
honesty and fairness in applying rules.
Task 12. Read, translate the following text and mind the pronunciation of the names in bold.
Text 3
Immigration officer in the uk Part I
Immigration officers check and monitor people who are arriving and leaving the country. They work at every point of entry into the UK, such as Dover, Gatwick and Heathrow.
As an immigration officer you would check the landing cards of non-British and non-European passengers, and find out why they are visiting and how long they intend to stay.
When a passenger meets the criteria for entry to the country you would check and endorse their passport and any work-related documents.
If you decide a person did not qualify to enter the country, your duties could include:
interviewing the passenger for more information;
arranging for them to go back to their point of departure;
organizing a place in a holding area (for example, when a person is claiming asylum).
You might also be involved with:
organizing surveillance;
carrying out intelligence-based activities;
visiting and interviewing people, who are suspected of having no right to remain in the UK.
You may not need any formal academic qualifications. However you are likely to be in competition with candidates educated to degree or A level standard.
To apply for immigration officer post you need to:
be a UK national with no restrictions on your stay in the UK;
have lived in the UK continuously for the last five years;
pass security clearance (due to the nature of the work);
be aged between 18 and 63;
pass a medical examination.
You may have and advantage when applying if you also have some ability in a foreign language.
You will also be involved to an assessment centre you will be tested on your communication skills, judgment, conflict management skills and awareness of equal opportunities issues.
You may be able to start in the service as an assistant immigration officer and work towards achieving promotion to immigration officer through internal application.
Task 13. Read, translate the following text and mind the pronunciation of the following words (consult the dictionary if you need):
recruit_________ initial_________ receive________
techniques______ legislation______ policy_________
procedure_______ employer_______ external________
access__________ oversea________ executive_______