If you are looking for a rewarding career with limitless potential for growth and upward mobility, a career in transportation, distribution, and logistics may be right for you. This exciting career field is continuing to grow, and has been identified as an area with a critical shortage of qualified workers in the State of Illinois. What does this mean for you? If you pursue a career in this field, you should be able to find employment throughout all areas of Illinois, and you will find job openings in this field for persons with all levels of education and training.
What are transportation, distribution, and logistics?
- Transportation deals with the transit of people and goods, including driving and piloting vehicles used for this purpose, as well as all aspects of designing, operating, maintaining transportation systems. Careers in this area include truck drivers, air traffic controllers, locomotive engineers, civil engineers, and mechanics, to name a few.
- Distribution deals with the storage, organization, and apportionment of freight, such as a warehouse. Workers in this field will also deal with the area of transportation, in that they will be working closely with those workers who will transport freight to and from a storage and distribution center. This field also includes sales and services related to the field. Careers in this area include shipping and receiving clerks, warehouse managers, materials movers, customer service representatives, and industrial engineers.
- Logistics involves the planning, design, control, and management of the distribution of products and the transportation of people. Workers in this field ensure that transportation and distribution systems run smoothly and effectively, and also that personal and environmental risks associated with these fields are managed. Careers in this area include safety analysts, city planners, logisticians, consultants and facility maintenance managers.
Jobs in these fields are available for qualified persons with all amounts of education and training. Persons with a high school diploma or GED can gain access to this field, and there is limitless potential for promotion and upward mobility with additional formal and informal training.
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