Also called: Yard Hostler, Utility Truck Driver (Port)
Shuttles containers between cranes and storage stacks inside a port terminal.
Drivers move container after container across the terminal yard on tight schedules, working closely with crane operators by radio.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. On-the-job training; some ports require a commercial driver's license.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Automated guided vehicles already move boxes at some terminals; unions slow it, but fewer driver seats are likely.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to port terminal operators and get a TWIC; some ports also need a CDL First: TWIC card; a CDL at some ports
Classes: Driver's ed, Shop class, Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-7051.
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