Bicycle Repairers adjust, repair, and overhaul bicycles and their components.
Bus Drivers operate buses to transport passengers along scheduled routes, ensuring safety and customer service.
Mechanics diagnose, repair, and maintain vehicles, ensuring they operate safely and efficiently.
Truck Drivers operate large trucks to transport goods over long distances, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to safety regulations.
Airline Pilots operate aircraft, navigating them through airspace to transport passengers and cargo safely to their destinations.
Flight Engineers monitor and operate aircraft systems during flight, assisting pilots in ensuring safe and efficient operation.
Supply Chain Managers plan and oversee the entire supply chain process, ensuring that goods move efficiently from suppliers to customers.
Logistic Analysts analyze and coordinate an organization's supply chain, optimizing the flow of goods and services.
Tran developed a passion for robotics in high school. She then pursued an engineering degree – and through internships she gained a deeper understanding and interest in transportation and traffic design, before eventually working for ODOT.
Daniel Garcia is an automotive technician in Gladstone, Oregon. He leads a four-person crew that carries out repair orders for customer vehicles. Garcia loves working with his hands and helping his customers.
If you enjoy anticipating needs and preparing to meet them, solving mechanical problems, driving or riding, or traveling, a career in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics might be perfect for you. This pathway is ideal for those who are planners, realistic, observant, mechanical, and coordinated.
Career Planning
Here are three careers in high demand right now in Oregon.
Education: High School Diploma to Associate’s Degree
Annual Average Wage: $54,138
Duties: Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.
Why it's in demand: As vehicles become more complex, skilled mechanics are essential for maintaining and repairing them.
Education: Associate’s Degree to Bachelor’s Degree
Annual Average Wage: $94,130
Duties: Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing aircraft on nonscheduled air carrier routes, or helicopters. Requires a Commercial Pilot certificate.
Why it's in demand: With the growing need for transportation of goods and people, the demand for commercial pilots remains strong.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Annual Average Wage: $74,000
Duties: Analyze and coordinate an organization's supply chain—the system that moves a product from supplier to consumer.
Why it's in demand: Efficient supply chain management is crucial for business success, making logisticians essential for optimizing the flow of goods and services.
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