Also called: Safety & Compliance Manager, DOT Compliance Specialist
Keeps a trucking fleet safe and legal: driver training, accident reviews, inspections, and federal regulations.
You review dash-cam videos from a hard-braking event, coach a driver, and prepare for a federal audit. You also decide which new drivers meet safety standards.
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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 safety, business, or logistics, or years of driving/dispatch experience; CDS certification helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Occupational Safety, Supply Chain Management.
Growing about average. Steady.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI dash cameras now score drivers and flag risky moves; managers still coach, investigate and face regulators, with fewer per fleet.
Classes: Business, Statistics, Driver's education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1041.
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