TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS

Transportation Operations

Occupations: Air/Space Transportation:
Transportation managers—air • Airplane pilots/copilots • Commercial pilots • Flight engineers • Flight attendants •Dispatchers-air • Traffic managers • Air traffic controllers •Aircraft cargo handling supervisors • Airfield operations specialists • Other airlines operations and support jobs
Rail Transportation:
Transportation managers---rail • Dispatchers-rail • Traffic managers • Locomotive engineers, • Locomotive firers • Railyard conductors and yardmasters • Railroad brake, signal and switch operators (including train crew members and yard workers) • Railyard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers • Other railyard and terminal operations and support jobs
Road Transportation:
Transportation managers—road • Dispatchers--Truck/bus/taxi, traffic managers • Truck drivers-heavy • Truck drivers-tractor-trailer • Truck drivers—light or delivery services • Bus drivers-transit and intercity • Bus drivers-school • Taxi drivers and chauffeurs • Truck/bus/taxi terminal operations and support jobs
Transit Systems:
Transportation managers—mass transit • Dispatchers-bus • Traffic managers
Dispatchers-rail • Traffic managers • Bus drivers—transit and intercity • Subway and streetcar operators • Other terminal operations and support jobs
Water Transportation:
Transportation managers—water • Dispatchers—water • Traffic managers • Captains • Mates • Pilots of water vessels • Sailors and marine oilers • Able seamen • Ordinary seamen • Ship and boat captains • Ship engineers • Motorboat operators • Bridge and lock tenders • Other port /harbor /waterway /marina operations and support jobs

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS/INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, MANGEMENT & REGULATION

Occupations: Air/Space—Air traffic controllers • Aviation inspectors
General—Intermodal--Urban and regional planners • Civil engineers • Engineering technicians • Surveying and mapping technicians • Government service executives • Environmental compliance inspectors
Other--Other government agency managers • Regulators • Inspectors, other federal/state/local transportation agency jobs
Rail—Railroad inspectors
Road—Traffic engineers • Traffic technicians • Motor vehicle inspectors • Freight inspectors
Transit—Public transportation inspectors
Water—Marine cargo inspectors • Vessel traffic control specialists

WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION CENTER OPERATIONS

Occupations: Car, truck and ship loaders • First-line supervisors/managers of helpers • First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators • Industrial and packaging engineers •Laborers and freight, stock and material movers, hand • Laborers, and material movers-hand • Other packaging/packing/material handling and moving jobs• Packers and packagers-hand • Production, planning, expediting clerks • Storage and distribution managers • Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks • Warehouse managers