Also called: Air Cargo Agent, Freight Agent
Arranges and tracks shipments at airports, rail terminals, and freight companies.
You check in cargo at an airline cargo terminal, weigh it, prepare air waybills, and track where it goes. When a shipment is missing, you hunt it down.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; on-the-job training.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Steady with freight volumes.
High risk for 10 years. Online booking and automated tracking already handle most of this work; few new agent jobs.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to freight forwarders and air cargo companies for entry cargo agent jobs
Classes: Computer applications, Geography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-5011.
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