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Transportation and Material Moving Jobs
- Pilots are highly trained professionals who fly airplanes and helicopters to carry out a wide variety of tasks.- Air traffic controllers coordinate the movement of air traffic to make certain that planes stay a safe distance apart.
- Intercity bus drivers transport people between regions of a State or of the country; local-transit bus drivers do so within a metropolitan area or county; motor coach drivers take customers on charter excursions and tours; and schoolbus drivers take children to and from schools and related events.
- Anyone who has been in a large city knows the importance of taxi and limousine service.
- Rail transportation remains a vital link in our Nation’s transportation network and economy. Railroads deliver billions of tons of freight and thousands of travelers to destinations throughout the Nation.
- The movement of huge amounts of cargo, as well as passengers, between nations and within our Nation depends on workers in water transportation occupations, also known on commercial ships as merchant mariners.
Material moving workers are categorized into two groups—operators and laborers. Operators use machinery to move construction materials, earth, petroleum products, and other heavy materials. Generally, they move materials over short distances—around a construction site, factory, or warehouse.
