Freight Forwarders

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Air Export Agent, Air Export Coordinator, Freight Forwarder, GSA Coordinator (General Services Administration Coordinator)

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Air Transportation; Air Transportation Apprentice; Air Transportation Craftsman; Air Transportation Helper; Air Transportation Superintendent; Traffic Management Operations; Traffic Management Operations Apprentice; Traffic Management Operations Helper; Traffic Management Operations Journeyman; Traffic Management Operations Manager
Cargo Specialist; Mobility Officer; Transportation Management Coordinator; Transportation, General; Unit Supply Specialist
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Distribution Management Officer; Distribution Specialist; Landing Support Specialist; Logistics Specialist; Mobility Officer
Defense Courier Service Officer; Household Goods Officer
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What they do:
Research rates, routings, or modes of transport for shipment of products. Maintain awareness of regulations affecting the international movement of cargo. Make arrangements for additional services, such as storage or inland transportation.
On the job, you would:
  • Negotiate shipping rates with freight carriers.
  • Arrange for special transport of sensitive cargoes, such as livestock, food, or medical supplies.
  • Arrange for applicable duties, taxes, or paperwork for customs clearance.

Knowledge

Transportation

  • movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road

Business

  • administrative services
  • customer service

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Skills

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements

Social

  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • bringing people together to solve differences

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • order or arrange things
  • notice when problems happen

Math

  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide
  • choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Visual Understanding

  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  • SAP software Hot Technology

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology

Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software

  • Arcline ArcFreight
  • TMW Enterprise Transportation Management Systems

Education

Education: (rated 2 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
high school diploma/GED
usually needed

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