Transportation Planners
Prepare studies for proposed transportation projects. Gather, compile, and analyze data. Study the use and operation of transportation systems. Develop transportation models or simulations.
Also called: Planner, Planning Director, Transportation Analyst, Transportation Planner
Knowledge:
- movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- read and understand what is written
- come up with lots of ideas
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Initiative
- Leadership
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- Dowling Associates TRAFFIX
- SAS
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Bentley Microstation
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
