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Work Environment
Transportation specialists usually work in offices. They may work outdoors when escorting passengers or processing shipments.
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Military Status
Enlisted
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Average Military Salary
$74,042
Overview
Transportation specialists coordinate, monitor, control, and supervise the movement of personnel, equipment, and cargo by air, land, and sea. Along with managing technical and logistical support for all facets of transportation operations, they initiate, research, and propose necessary changes to the traffic management system for cost effectiveness and to meet mission requirements.
Military Training
All enlisted service members complete basic military training which includes time spent in a classroom and in the field and covers tactical and survival skills physical training military life and customs and weapons training. Transportation specialists in the Military will gain skills through classroom study and on-the-job experience. Job-specific training topics relate to making transportation arrangements and may include:
- Planning transportation for personnel and cargo
- Proper cargo handling shipping and storing methods
- Analysis of transportation documents
Helpful Attributes
- Interest in arranging travel schedules
- Interest in serving people
- Interest in using computers
Related Civilian Careers
- Locomotive Engineers
- Shipping, Receiving and Inventory Clerks
- Laborers and Freight, Stock and Material Movers, Hand
- Cargo and Freight Agents
- Production, Planning and Expediting Clerks
- Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
- Passenger Attendants
- Transportation Security Screeners
- Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers and Repairers
- Packers and Packagers, Hand
- Procurement Clerks
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