Also called: Designated Employer Representative (DER), Drug-Free Workplace Program Manager
Runs the federally required drug and alcohol testing program for truck drivers, pilots, railroad and pipeline workers at a company.
A bus crash means your drivers must be tested within hours, and you send them to the collection site and track results. You run the random testing draw, remove a worker from safety jobs after a failed test and walk them through the return-to-duty steps. Auditors from the Department of Transportation check your files.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in HR, safety or business helps; strong knowledge of federal rule 49 CFR Part 40.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Human Resources, Occupational Safety, Business Administration.
Growing about average. Required for about 12 million transportation safety workers.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Software picks random tests and tracks results; removing people from duty and handling sensitive talks stays human.
Classes: Health class, Government, Business class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1071.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.