Career Training, Education & Careers in Transportation Vary Widely

Hit the Road for a New Career
If you want to travel, consider a career in transportation. Transportation jobs span road, water, rail, and air, and include:

• truck driver
• merchant mariner
• locomotive engineer
• air traffic controller

Whatever your transportation career, your core job typically is to move goods or people from one location to another. But career training and education needed for transportation jobs varies widely, ranging from licenses to college degrees.

Transportation Career Training
For careers that keep you on the road, such as a truck or bus driver, you may need to earn a commercial driver's license (CDL), which vocational-technical schools can help you do. To become a merchant marine, you must pass a written examination, which is difficult without first earning a bachelor's degree. Career training for air traffic controllers begins with FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) training, which can be earned through FAA-approved education programs. In most areas of transportation, online degrees are available.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs prospects should be best for individuals with formal career training.