1. Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
Career Clusters
Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics

2. Definition
Jobs in the transportation, distribution, and logistics career cluster involve the planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, air, rail, and water, as well as related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management; logistics services; and mobile equipment and facility maintenance.

3. What types of jobs do you think are in this cluster?

4. Types of Jobs Aircraft mechanic Airline pilot Bus driver
Locomotive engineer
Dredge operator
Ship captain
Truck driver
Freight agent
Shipping clerk
Civil engineer
Transportation inspector

5. Considering a Career in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics?
Would you like to fly planes, drive trucks, or pilot ships?
Are you organized and efficient?
Do you have good eyesight and quick reflexes?
Are you good at solving problems?
Are you good at understanding mechanics?
Would you enjoy planning roads or power systems?
Would you like working on a train or in a shipyard?

6. Career Pathways
The transportation, distribution, and logistics career cluster has seven pathways:
Transportation operations
Logistics planning and management services
Warehousing and distribution center operations
Sales and service
Facility and mobile equipment maintenance
Risk management and health and safety management
Transportation systems/infrastructure planning, management, and regulations

7. Transportation Operations
Jobs in this pathway involve the operation and support of mobile equipment in the movement of goods and people.
Jobs include:
Airline pilot
Flight attendant
Truck driver
Taxi driver
Dispatcher
Ship captain
Rail yard operations
Locomotive engineer
Airport support
Harbor support

8. Logistics Planning and Management Services
Jobs in this pathway involve planning, managing, and controlling the physical distribution of people and freight from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
Jobs include:
Logistics manager
Logistics engineer
Logistics analyst

9. Warehousing and Distribution Centers Operations
This pathway covers the jobs involved in packaging, loading, and tracking goods for transportation.
Jobs include
Warehouse manager
Industrial and packaging engineer
Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerk
Material handling worker

10. Sales and Services
These jobs involve marketing and selling transportation services for people or freight.
Jobs include:
Marketing and sales manager
Reservation and travel clerk
Customer service representative
Customer billing clerk
Cashier

11. Facility and Mobile Equipment Maintenance
This pathway comprises jobs maintaining, repairing, and servicing all types of vehicles, including trucks, airplanes, cars, and other transportation equipment.
Jobs include:
Facility maintenance manager
Industrial equipment mechanic
Industrial electrician
Automotive, truck, aircraft, locomotive, or ship mechanic.

12. Risk Management and Health and Safety Management
Workers in this pathway assess and manage safety risks and possible environmental hazards.
Jobs include:
Health and safety engineer
Environmental manager
Safety analyst
Emergency services worker

13. Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning, Management, and Regulations
This pathway focuses on the planning and management of the public transportation infrastructure.
Jobs include:
Urban or regional planner
Government regulator
Other jobs in federal, state, and local transportation agencies.

14. Educational Requirements
After taking CTE classes in transportation, distribution and logistics, you could pursue any number of opportunities including:
On-the-job training as a commercial truck driver or motor pool mechanic
A two-year college degree in motor fleet safety, vehicle systems, aircraft power technologies, or transportation and power systems
A four-year college degree in urban design, transportation technologies, transportation engineering, marine science or transportation logistics