Freight Forwarders
Tasks Include:
- Select shipment routes, based on nature of goods shipped, transit times, or security needs.
- Determine efficient and cost-effective methods of moving goods from one location to another.
- Reserve necessary space on ships, aircraft, trains, or trucks.
- Arrange delivery or storage of goods at destinations.
- Arrange for special transport of sensitive cargoes, such as livestock, food, or medical supplies.
- Calculate weight, volume, or cost of goods to be moved.
- Prepare shipping documentation, such as bills of lading, packing lists, dock receipts, or certificates of origin.
- Consolidate loads with a common destination to reduce costs to individual shippers.
- Inform clients of factors such as shipping options, timelines, transfers, or regulations affecting shipments.
- Keep records of goods dispatched or received.
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant legislation, political situations, or other factors that could affect freight shipping.
- Monitor or record locations of goods in transit.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +17.3%
National: +8.9%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$46,860.00
State
$49,720.00
Regional
Freight Forwarders
Description
Career Cluster: | Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics |
Research rates, routings, or modes of transport for shipment of products. Maintain awareness of regulations affecting the international movement of cargo. Make arrangements for additional services, such as storage or inland transportation.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 44.70%
- Some College Courses = 20.94%
- Bachelor's Degree = 20.80%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 12.26%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 1.30%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 26.35%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 22.40%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.89%
- None = 10.72%
- Over 10 years = 8.01%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 6.72%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 5.40%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 3.70%
- Up to and including 1 month = 2.47%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 1.33%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 23.93%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 23.43%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 20.22%
- None = 12.84%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.85%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 6.44%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.30%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 34.64%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 19.64%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 16.44%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 14.40%
- None or short demonstration = 6.85%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.78%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 2.25%
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Select shipment routes, based on nature of goods shipped, transit times, or security needs.
- Determine efficient and cost-effective methods of moving goods from one location to another.
- Reserve necessary space on ships, aircraft, trains, or trucks.
- Arrange delivery or storage of goods at destinations.
- Arrange for special transport of sensitive cargoes, such as livestock, food, or medical supplies.
- Calculate weight, volume, or cost of goods to be moved.
- Prepare shipping documentation, such as bills of lading, packing lists, dock receipts, or certificates of origin.
- Consolidate loads with a common destination to reduce costs to individual shippers.
- Inform clients of factors such as shipping options, timelines, transfers, or regulations affecting shipments.
- Keep records of goods dispatched or received.
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant legislation, political situations, or other factors that could affect freight shipping.
- Monitor or record locations of goods in transit.
- Negotiate shipping rates with freight carriers.
- Obtain or arrange cargo insurance.
- Pay or arrange for payment of freight or insurance fees or other charges.
- Prepare invoices or cost quotations for freight transportation.
- Recommend or arrange appropriate merchandise packing methods, according to climate, terrain, weight, nature of goods, or costs.
- Verify proper packaging and labeling of exported goods.
- Verify adherence of documentation to customs, insurance, or regulatory requirements.
- Make arrangements with customs brokers to facilitate the passage of goods through customs.
- Provide detailed port information to importers or exporters.
- Provide shipment status notification to exporters, consignees, or insurers.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Assist clients in obtaining insurance reimbursements.
- Arrange for applicable duties, taxes, or paperwork for customs clearance.
- Complete customs paperwork.
- Refer exporters to experts in areas such as trade financing, international marketing, government export requirements, international banking, or marine insurance.
Tasks Include:
- Analyze shipping routes to determine how to minimize environmental impact.
- Arrange for transport, using a variety of modes, such as rail, short sea shipping, air, or roadways, to minimize carbon emissions or other environmental impacts.
- Consider environmental sustainability factors when determining merchandise packing methods.
- Recommend shipping solutions to minimize cost or environmental impacts.
- Review the environmental records of freight carriers to inform shipping decisions.
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Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Desktop computers
- Facsimile machines (Fax machines)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
- Personal computers
Technologies Include:
- Compliance software
- IES Ecellerate
- QuestaWeb TradeMaster QW
- Data base user interface and query software
- AESDirect
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Manufacturing resource planning MRP software
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- SAP software
- Industrial control software
- Package tracking software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Arcline ArcFreight
- CargoWise ediEnterprise
- CEDAS Gateway
- Kewill Global Trade and Logistics
- RedBerry Logistics
- Riege Software International Procars
- Star Tec Software Hercules Export Software
- Tailwind Management Systems Tailwind
- TMW Enterprise Transportation Software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Special Requirements
Cargo and freight agents need no more than a high school diploma and learn their duties informally on the job.
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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85.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
83.50 | Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
78.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
64.25 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
64.25 | Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
63.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
63.75 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
62.00 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
56.50 | Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
53.00 | Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
62.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
62.50 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
59.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
59.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
59.50 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
59.50 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
56.25 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
53.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
53.00 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
50.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
50.00 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
50.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
50.00 | Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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68.75 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
65.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
62.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
62.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
62.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
59.50 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
59.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
59.50 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
59.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
56.25 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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81.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
80.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
78.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
75.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
74.00 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
73.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
72.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
71.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
69.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
68.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
65.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
64.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
59.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
59.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
57.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
56.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
55.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
53.25 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
50.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
50.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
80.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
77.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
76.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
74.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
74.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
69.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
68.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
68.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
68.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
68.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
68.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
67.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
67.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
65.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
60.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
58.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
61.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
50.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
96.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
94.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
94.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
93.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
90.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
89.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
89.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
88.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
84.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
83.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
83.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
83.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
82.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
78.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
74.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
74.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
74.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
73.20 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
72.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
71.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
68.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
68.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
63.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
61.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
57.40 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
56.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $32,720.00 | $46,860.00 | $58,710.00 |
Virginia | $36,630.00 | $49,720.00 | $62,840.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $43,857.12 | $64,465.57 | $79,474.38 |
Bay Consortium | $46,800.01 | $63,948.06 | $75,536.76 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $42,806.61 | $51,592.91 | $74,214.58 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $38,076.72 | $50,276.93 | $62,716.78 |
Hampton Roads | $42,966.72 | $50,386.42 | $61,755.10 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $36,821.68 | $50,837.82 | $58,171.79 |
Northern Virginia | $38,152.12 | $60,493.87 | $70,895.70 |
Piedmont Workforce | $37,544.75 | $52,322.17 | $65,712.34 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $36,839.24 | $50,010.42 | $62,905.81 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 88,600 | 96,500 | +8.9% |
Virginia | 2,846 | 3,338 | +17.3% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
- Supply Administration
- Transportation
- Air Transportation
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Air Cargo Agent
- Export Freight Clerk
- Freight Forwarder
- Freight Router
- Import Export Clerk
- Logistics Technician
- Ocean Freight Forwarder
- Ocean Transportation Intermediary
- Transportation Clerk
- Transportation Technician
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- Jefferson Community College
- Kansas City Kansas Community College
- Kaskaskia College
- Kishwaukee College
- Klamath Community College
- Labette Community College
- Lake Land College
- Lake Superior College
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Lakeshore Technical College
- Lane Community College
- Lewis and Clark Community College
- Lewis-Clark State College
- Lincoln Land Community College
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Madison Area Technical College
- Massasoit Community College
- McLennan Community College
- Metropolitan Community College Area
- Mid Michigan College
- Middlesex Community College
- Midland College
- Milwaukee Area Technical College
- Minnesota State College Southeast
- Monroe Community College
- Moraine Park Technical College
- Mt Hood Community College
- MTI College
- Nevada Career Institute
- New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
- New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
- New Mexico State University-Grants
- New Professions Technical Institute
- Nicolet Area Technical College
- North Central Michigan College
- North Idaho College
- Northcentral Technical College
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
- Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
- Northeastern Technical College
- Northern Maine Community College
- Northwest State Community College
- Northwestern Oklahoma State University
- Northwood Technical College
- Oglala Lakota College
- Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
- Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
- Palo Alto College
- Panola College
- Peninsula College
- Pierce College District
- Pima Community College
- Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce
- Premiere Career College
- Purdue University Global
- Quinsigamond Community College
- Ridgewater College
- Rio Salado College
- San Antonio College
- San Joaquin Valley College-Atascadero
- San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield
- San Joaquin Valley College-Delano
- San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno
- San Joaquin Valley College-Hanford Classroom
- San Joaquin Valley College-Hesperia
- San Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster
- San Joaquin Valley College-Madera
- San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto
- San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario
- San Joaquin Valley College-Porterville
- San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Mirage
- San Joaquin Valley College-Santa Maria
- San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula
- San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia
- Sinclair Community College
- Sinte Gleska University
- Skagit Valley College
- South Puget Sound Community College
- South Suburban College
- Southeast Technical College
- Southeastern Illinois College
- Southern Careers Institute-Austin
- Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville
- Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi
- Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen
- Southern Careers Institute-Pharr
- Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio
- Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio
- Southern Crescent Technical College
- Southern State Community College
- Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio
- Southwestern Oregon Community College
- Spokane Community College
- Spokane Falls Community College
- Springfield Technical Community College
- Stautzenberger College-Maumee
- Stone Child College
- Technical College of the Lowcountry
- Terra State Community College
- Texarkana College
- Texas Southmost College
- Tillamook Bay Community College
- Tri-County Technical College
- Tulsa Community College
- UEI College-Bakersfield
- UEI College-Fresno
- UEI College-Gardena
- UEI College-Riverside
- UEI College-United Education Institute-Las Vegas
- Umpqua Community College
- United Education Institute-Chula Vista
- United Education Institute-Encino
- United Education Institute-Garden Grove
- United Education Institute-Huntington Park Campus
- United Education Institute-Morrow
- United Education Institute-Ontario
- United Education Institute-UEI College Stockton
- United Education Institute-UEI College-Oceanside
- United Education Institute-West Covina
- University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College
- University of Maine at Fort Kent
- University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus
- Ventura Adult and Continuing Education
- Walla Walla Community College
- Waukesha County Technical College
- West Virginia Junior College-Charleston
- West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown
- Western Wyoming Community College
- Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology
- William Rainey Harper College
- Williamsburg Technical College
- Yakima Valley College
- York Technical College
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