How to become a Trade Broker
Official title: Trade Brokers
Buys and sells commodities at auctions or on futures markets on behalf of companies or clients. Shipbrokers are also included.
Main tasks
- Set up contracts between buyers and sellers of goods
- Discuss clients' buying and selling needs with them and give advice
- Prepare auction catalogues and negotiate on spot or futures markets on behalf of clients
- Find cargo space or arrange storage for goods, and negotiate freight charges, transport methods and storage fees
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: international trade, marketing and advertising (0414). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 14, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 3, five-year junior college (五專) 3. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.; Technician certificate: International trade. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 200 國貿業務. Tested at grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Demand for Business and administration jobs is projected at about 1,465,000 in 2024 and about 1,502,000 in 2030. (+2.5%)
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Trade Broker?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme; Technician certificate: International trade.
Is a Trade Broker a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 2.5% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Trade Broker?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026