Strengthening Skills Training and Career Pathways Across the Transportation Industry

This report identifies high-demand jobs with good wages in transportation, discusses the role data plays in identifying future workforce skill needs, and analyzes the patterns in the education and work experience required for entry, as well as on-the-job training required for new entrants to gain full competency.

The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) and the Department of Transportation acknowledge the important contributions to this report made by the following people: Xinge Wang, Deputy Director, and Jack Clark, Executive Director, Transportation Learning Center; and Mary Clagett, Director for Workforce Policy, Lois Joy, Senior Program Manager, and Dudney Sylla, Program Manager, Jobs for the Future, for their analysis and writing.