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Export Control Awareness: ITAR and EAR

Recognize controlled items and technical data, know the red flags, and know when to stop and ask

Duration: 1.5 hours
Modules: 4
Final exam: 70% to pass
Certificate: No expiry

$59

Lifetime access to the course and your certificate
Verifiable Certificate of Completion. Certificate does not expire.
3 exam attempts
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About this course

If you work at an aerospace, defense or technology supplier in the United States, you handle export-controlled hardware, software or technical data more often than you think. A drawing sent to the wrong person, a laptop taken on a trip or a question answered at a trade show can each be an unauthorized export. This course gives you the awareness to notice those moments and the habit of stopping to ask.

You will learn what the ITAR (22 CFR parts 120 to 130, administered by DDTC) and the EAR (15 CFR parts 730 to 774, administered by BIS) control, how the United States Munitions List and the Commerce Control List differ, what ECCNs and EAR99 mean, and why deemed exports to foreign persons inside the United States catch so many well-meaning employees. You will then work through the daily controls: marking, access and need to know, visitors and escorts, email and cloud storage, travel and hand carry, shipping and freight forwarders, restricted party screening and red flags. The final module runs four realistic scenarios and explains what to do when you suspect a violation.

This is awareness-level training and not legal advice. It does not qualify you to classify items, invoke exemptions or decide whether a transfer is authorized. Those decisions belong to your company's empowered official or trade compliance function, and you should follow your own company's procedures.

The course is written for engineers, buyers, sales and customer support staff, shipping and receiving, IT and anyone who hosts visitors. It closes with a 10-question examination drawn from a bank of 20. On passing you receive a PlanetISO Certificate of Completion with lifetime access to the course content. The certificate does not expire.

What you will be able to do

Distinguish the ITAR, the EAR and OFAC sanctions, and name the agency that administers each.
Explain what counts as an export, including technical data, defense services and deemed exports to foreign persons.
Recognize USML categories, ECCNs and EAR99, and explain why only the empowered official or trade compliance classifies.
Apply daily controls for marking, access, visitors, IT, travel, hand carry and shipping.
Identify red flags in orders, enquiries and conversations and apply the stop-and-ask rule.
Describe the correct response to a suspected violation and the role of voluntary disclosure.
Name whom to contact in your organization for classification, access and compliance questions.

Course outline

1
Why export controls exist and what counts as an export
The ITAR, the EAR and OFAC sanctions in plain words: who enforces them, what an export is, why a conversation can be one, and what happens when it goes wrong.
About 20 minutes, then a module quiz
2
Classification basics: USML, CCL, ECCNs and EAR99
How items and technical data are classified, who is allowed to make that call, why guessing is dangerous, and what licenses, agreements and exemptions look like in outline.
About 20 minutes, then a module quiz
3
Daily controls: marking, access, IT, travel, shipping and screening
The habits that keep controlled items and technical data where they belong: marking, need to know, visitors, email and cloud, laptops and hand carry, freight forwarders, trade shows, restricted party screening and red flags.
About 25 minutes, then a module quiz
4
Scenarios and your responsibilities
Four situations you are likely to meet, what a suspected violation looks like, how voluntary disclosure works at awareness level, and exactly whom to tell.
About 20 minutes, then a module quiz
Final examination and certificate
10 questions drawn from the course bank. Score 70% or higher to receive your Certificate of Completion.

Who it is for

Engineers, programmers and technicians who handle drawings, specifications and test data
Buyers, planners, inside sales and customer support staff who quote and correspond with foreign parties
Shipping, receiving and repair staff who move parts and paperwork
IT staff, receptionists and anyone who hosts visitors or travels for work
Managers who need to understand what their teams must stop and ask about

Prerequisites

None.

Questions

Is this course legal advice, and will it let me classify items or approve exports?

No. This is awareness training. It teaches you to recognize controlled items and technical data, spot red flags and know when to stop and ask. Classification, licensing and exemption decisions belong to your company's empowered official or trade compliance function, who may take advice from counsel. Follow your own company's procedures.

Does the course cover the ITAR, the EAR or both?

Both, at awareness level, plus OFAC sanctions in passing. You learn the difference between the USML under the ITAR and the CCL, ECCNs and EAR99 under the EAR, and the daily controls that apply to either.

Does this satisfy my company's annual export control training requirement?

Many technology control plans and compliance programmes require annual awareness training, and this course is designed to serve as that record. Your empowered official decides whether it meets your company's specific requirement, and may add a short site-specific briefing.

What certificate do I receive?

You receive a PlanetISO Certificate of Completion showing the course title, your name and your exam result. It does not expire. It is evidence of training for your training record and your company's compliance programme. It is not an accreditation and does not make you an empowered official or export compliance officer.

How long do I have access?

Lifetime access to the course and your certificate. You can revisit any module and download your certificate at any time.

What happens if I fail the exam?

You have 3 attempts. Each attempt draws a different 10-question set from the bank of 20, and module quizzes can be retaken without limit to prepare.

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About this course

What you will be able to do

Course outline

Why export controls exist and what counts as an export

Classification basics: USML, CCL, ECCNs and EAR99

Daily controls: marking, access, IT, travel, shipping and screening

Scenarios and your responsibilities

Final examination and certificate

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