Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Tasks Include:
- Schedule or dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles to appropriate locations, according to customer requests, specifications, or needs, using radios or telephones.
- Arrange for necessary repairs to restore service and schedules.
- Relay work orders, messages, or information to or from work crews, supervisors, or field inspectors, using telephones or two-way radios.
- Confer with customers or supervising personnel to address questions, problems, or requests for service or equipment.
- Prepare daily work and run schedules.
- Receive or prepare work orders.
- Monitor personnel or equipment locations and utilization to coordinate service and schedules.
- Record and maintain files or records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, or other dispatch information.
- Determine types or amounts of equipment, vehicles, materials, or personnel required, according to work orders or specifications.
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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: +8.3%
National: +0.0%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$44,830.00
State
$46,100.00
Regional
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Description
Career Cluster: | Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics |
Schedule and dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles for conveyance of materials, freight, or passengers, or for normal installation, service, or emergency repairs rendered outside the place of business. Duties may include using radio, telephone, or computer to transmit assignments and compiling statistics and reports on work progress.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 47.36%
- Some College Courses = 25.63%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 7.90%
- 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) = 7.05%
- Bachelor's Degree = 7.01%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 5.04%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 34.37%
- None = 20.28%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 19.99%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 13.44%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 7.67%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.50%
- Up to and including 1 month = 1.38%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.38%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 45.03%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 14.06%
- None = 11.18%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.26%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 7.93%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 7.90%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 5.64%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 42.58%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 20.41%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 16.38%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 8.75%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 6.23%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 5.64%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Schedule or dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles to appropriate locations, according to customer requests, specifications, or needs, using radios or telephones.
- Arrange for necessary repairs to restore service and schedules.
- Relay work orders, messages, or information to or from work crews, supervisors, or field inspectors, using telephones or two-way radios.
- Confer with customers or supervising personnel to address questions, problems, or requests for service or equipment.
- Prepare daily work and run schedules.
- Receive or prepare work orders.
- Monitor personnel or equipment locations and utilization to coordinate service and schedules.
- Record and maintain files or records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, inventory, or other dispatch information.
- Determine types or amounts of equipment, vehicles, materials, or personnel required, according to work orders or specifications.
- Advise personnel about traffic problems, such as construction areas, accidents, congestion, weather conditions, or other hazards.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Oversee all communications within specifically assigned territories.
- Ensure timely and efficient movement of trains, according to train orders and schedules.
- Order supplies or equipment and issue them to personnel.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Automatic call distributor ACD (Call management systems CMS)
- Railway signaling systems (Centralized traffic control units)
- Desktop computers
- Interactive voice recognition equipment (Dispatch servers)
- Vehicular global positioning systems (Job dispatch and vehicle tracking systems)
- Notebook computers (Mobile data terminal MDT equipment)
- Two way radios (Mobile radios)
- Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
- Special purpose telephones (Personal banking chamber PBC telephones)
- Personal computers
- Railway signaling systems (Signal controls)
- Rail switching systems (Switch controls)
- Teletype input devices (Teletypewriters TTY)
- Touch screen monitors
- Rail switching systems (Tower switching machines)
- Two way radios
- Digital Telephones (Voice over internet protocol VoIP systems)
Technologies Include:
- Aviation ground support software
- Bornemann Associates Flight Plan
- Sabre software
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Scheduling software
- Customer relationship management CRM software
- Command Alkon COMMANDconcrete
- Digital Gateway e-automate
- Data base reporting software
- Locomotive distribution software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Sky Scheduler software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- TMW PowerSuite
- Expert system software
- Computer aided dispatching auto routing software
- Rail Traffic Track Warrant Control System
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Map creation software
- ESRI ArcIMS
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Mobile location based services software
- Air-Trak Cloudberry
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Resource management software
- Situation resource tracking software
- Transportation management software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Route navigation software
- Routing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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83.50 | 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. |
75.50 | 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. |
71.50 | 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. |
68.50 | 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. |
63.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
61.50 | Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
56.25 | Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
51.75 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | 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. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
72.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
72.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
68.75 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
68.75 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
53.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
53.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
75.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
68.75 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
65.50 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
65.50 | 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. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | 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). |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
83.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
78.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
73.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
72.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
71.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
70.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
67.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
66.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
66.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
66.00 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
62.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
62.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
60.50 | 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. |
60.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
57.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
57.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
57.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
56.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
54.50 | 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. |
53.25 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
53.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
52.25 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
50.75 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
50.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
49.50 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
90.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
86.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
85.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
82.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
82.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
81.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
79.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
78.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
78.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
77.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
76.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
74.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
69.25 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
62.75 | 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. |
50.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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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. |
61.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
52.83 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
99.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
98.40 | 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? |
97.00 | 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? |
95.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
94.00 | 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? |
93.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
93.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
92.20 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
91.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
90.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
90.00 | 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? |
89.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
88.80 | 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? |
85.80 | 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? |
85.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
83.60 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
78.60 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
77.20 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
77.20 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
76.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
74.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
69.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
67.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
65.00 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
60.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
52.40 | 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? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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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.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,160.00 | $44,830.00 | $57,320.00 |
Virginia | $29,330.00 | $46,100.00 | $56,480.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | $36,463.24 | $51,529.90 | $63,590.66 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $34,406.63 | $47,901.13 | $54,782.67 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $33,489.37 | $50,795.47 | $64,097.84 |
Crater Area | $35,313.57 | $48,127.35 | $52,638.26 |
Greater Peninsula | $31,933.75 | $41,939.96 | $50,095.13 |
Hampton Roads | $31,598.04 | $43,775.52 | $51,988.53 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $29,281.12 | $39,131.36 | $47,836.06 |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | $30,275.86 | $45,844.52 | $57,757.57 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $28,819.39 | $43,328.25 | $52,174.46 |
Southwestern Virginia | $30,068.23 | $43,856.09 | $51,328.47 |
West Piedmont | $29,313.14 | $47,373.30 | $53,333.43 |
Western Virginia | $33,515.20 | $48,177.97 | $63,103.11 |
* 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 | 202,900 | 203,000 | +0.0% |
Virginia | 4,873 | 5,277 | +8.3% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | 232 | 257 | +10.8% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 854 | 951 | +11.4% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 130 | 134 | +3.1% |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | 224 | 233 | +4.0% |
Hampton Roads | 660 | 685 | +3.8% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 102 | 99 | -2.9% |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | 103 | 106 | +2.9% |
Shenandoah Valley | 397 | 417 | +5.0% |
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 | 306 | 312 | +2.0% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: New York State Department of Labor; New Jersey Department of Labor; California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee; CareerOneStop. (Using onet28)
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The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Construction, General
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- Operations Staff
- Police
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- Security Forces
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: Defense Manpower Data Center. (Using onet28)
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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
- Aircraft Dispatcher
- Airplane Dispatch Clerk
- Alarm Operator
- Assistant Chief Train Dispatcher
- Auto Service Dispatcher
- Automobile or Truck Rental Dispatcher
- Burglar Alarm Operator
- Bus and Trolley Dispatcher
- Bus Dispatcher
- Bus Starter
- Cab Starter
- Cab Station Attendant
- Car Dispatcher
- Car Distributor
- Car Starter
- Car Supplier
- Car Tracer
- City Dispatcher
- Crew Dispatcher
- Dinkey Dispatcher
- Dispatch Clerk
- Dispatch Manager
- Dispatch Supervisor
- Dispatcher
- Drop Board Man
- Drop Board Worker
- Engine Dispatcher
- Fire Alarm Operator
- Freight Dispatcher
- Garbage Truck Dispatcher
- Gas Dispatcher
- Gas Load Dispatcher
- Interstate Bus Dispatcher
- Maintenance Dispatcher
- Maintenance Scheduler
- Maintenance Services Dispatcher
- Mine Car Dispatcher
- Motor Coach Supervisor
- Motor Vehicle Dispatcher
- Oil Dispatcher
- Oil Well Services Dispatcher
- Operations Manager
- Operator
- Package Dispatch Supervisor
- Pullman Car Clerk
- Radio Dispatcher
- Radioactive Waste Disposal Dispatcher
- Rail Operations Controller
- Receiver-Dispatcher
- Relay Dispatcher
- Repair Service Dispatcher
- Routing Clerk
- School Bus Dispatcher
- Security Dispatcher
- Security Guards Dispatcher
- Service Clerk
- Service Dispatcher
- Service or Work Dispatcher
- Ship Pilot Dispatcher
- Signal Operator
- Signal Timer
- Starter
- Street Department Dispatcher
- Streetcar Dispatcher
- Streetcar Starter
- Taxicab Coordinator
- Taxicab Dispatcher
- Taxicab Starter
- Tow Truck Dispatcher
- Tractor Trailer Dispatcher
- Traffic or System Dispatcher
- Train Dispatcher
- Train Starter
- Transportation Dispatcher
- Transportation Supervisor
- Trouble Dispatcher
- Truck Dispatcher
- Tugboat Dispatcher
- Water Service Dispatcher
- Work Order Sorting Clerk
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Related Schools
- Bellevue University
- Diversified Vocational College
- Ferris State University
- New Professions Technical Institute
- Tulsa Community College
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