Governance, Risk & Compliance
Sanctions, Export Controls and Trade Compliance
This in-depth course develops directly applicable capability in Sanctions, Export Controls and Trade Compliance. It connects Trade Compliance Exposure, Classification and Screening, and Transaction Due Diligence to the decisions, controls, and activities participants need to perform in their workplace.
Overview
Practical learning for workplace transfer.
This in-depth course develops directly applicable capability in Sanctions, Export Controls and Trade Compliance. It connects Trade Compliance Exposure, Classification and Screening, and Transaction Due Diligence to the decisions, controls, and activities participants need to perform in their workplace. The five-module curriculum progresses toward Trade Compliance Case, using evidence, scenarios, and work products appropriate to the subject.
Objectives
- Analyze trade compliance exposure, including products, software, technology, services, destinations, end users, and intermediaries.
- Configure or structure classification and screening, including product and technology classification workflow.
- Evaluate transaction due diligence, including end use, end user, route, payment, ownership, and documentation.
- Manage program governance and records, including policies, roles, training, system controls, audits, and investigations.
- Apply trade compliance case, including analyze a cross-border transaction.
Target audience
- Professionals responsible for this subject area
- Managers, supervisors, and team leaders
- Analysts, specialists, engineers, or coordinators working with the relevant processes
- Project, implementation, assurance, or improvement team members
- Professionals preparing for broader responsibilities in this field
Program outline
A clear structure for the learning journey.
Program outline
Outline points are grouped in one designed block instead of being treated as separate module cards.
Module 1: Trade Compliance Exposure
Products, software, technology, services, destinations, end users, and intermediaries
Sanctions, export licensing, embargo, and restricted-party concepts
Ownership, control, diversion, and transshipment risk
Module 2: Classification and Screening
Product and technology classification workflow
Customer, supplier, vessel, bank, and counterparty screening
Resolve matches and document false positives
Module 3: Transaction Due Diligence
End use, end user, route, payment, ownership, and documentation
Red flags for diversion and circumvention
Escalation, hold, reject, license, and reporting decisions
Module 4: Program Governance and Records
Policies, roles, training, system controls, audits, and investigations
Contract clauses and third-party expectations
Retain classification, screening, approval, and shipment evidence
Module 5: Trade Compliance Case
Analyze a cross-border transaction
Resolve screening and end-use concerns
Document decision, conditions, and escalation
Materials provided
- ○ Course-specific presentation slides
- ○ Guided exercises, scenarios, or configured-environment activities appropriate to the subject
- ○ Course-specific worksheets, checklists, or calculation templates
- ○ Applied workplace case materials
- ○ 4D Certificate of Completion issued by 4D Training & Consultancy
- ○ Post-course support for implementation questions
Training Options
Programs can be delivered in-house, online, or in a blended format depending on your team's schedule, location, and learning objectives. When an external certificate or exam is included, certification rules and fees remain under the relevant awarding body's policies, while 4D provides the training and preparation support.
Why choose 4D
4D Training & Consultancy adapts the program to the client’s operating environment. Delivery combines structured explanation with subject-specific analysis, exercises, and implementation decisions so participants can transfer the learning to real responsibilities without implying vendor authorization.
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