Also called: Transload Specialist, Railcar Loader
Moves freight between railcars and trucks at transfer terminals, using forklifts, conveyors, and pumps.
A hopper car of plastic pellets arrives, and you hook up a vacuum system to move it into trucks. Other days you unload lumber with a forklift.
Estimated.
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; forklift certification.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Grows with intermodal freight.
Medium risk for 10 years. Automated conveyors and robot forklifts are spreading; operators remain, with fewer per terminal.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to transload terminals and rail logistics companies; they certify you on forklifts
Classes: Math, Small engines.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-7062.
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