- المجال: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who formulates policies, programs, and procedures for transportation system, including schedules, rates, routes, assignment of drivers and vehicles and other terminal operations. Responsibilities include:
* Submits recommendations for development of, and compliance with transportation policies, procedures, and programs.
* Plans, directs, and implements vehicle scheduling, allocation, dispatching, licensing, and communication functions in accordance with established policies and objectives to effect economical utilization of vehicle facilities.
* Directs compilation and issuance of timetables.
* Conducts continuous analyses of vehicle and driver assignments and analyzes scheduling for possible consolidation.
* Reviews and revises driver schedules to ensure increased efficiency and to lower costs.
* Conducts field surveys to evaluate operations and recommends changes.
* Directs compilation and preparation of statistical surveys to determine traffic trends.
* Reviews and analyzes reports, such as revenue and performance records, and seat occupancy patterns to secure information for recommended changes.
* Analyzes proposed schedules and rates, initiates preparation and distribution of proposed trip schedule changes, and submits analyses of data and rescheduling recommendations to administration.
* Directs operation and maintenance of communication systems, reviews procedures, provides guidance to resolve technical problems, analyzes costs and recommends cost control measures.
* Reviews cost statements to locate excessive expenses, and develops plans, policies, and budgets.
* Selects and recommends personnel for staff positions and trains and assigns personnel for supervisory positions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects passenger bus depot sites along routes and sets up agreement between company and agent. Inspects depots to ensure maintenance of company standards for food and passenger comfort facilities. Collects and audits ticket sales and computes agent's commission. Advises agent of bus schedule changes. Investigates accidents and arranges settlements.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects passenger bus depot sites along routes and sets up agreement between company and agent. Inspects depots to ensure maintenance of company standards for food and passenger comfort facilities. Collects and audits ticket sales and computes agent's commission. Advises agent of bus schedule changes. Investigates accidents and arranges settlements.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of international traffic division of import-export agency and negotiates settlements between foreign and domestic shippers. Responsibilities include:
* Plans and directs flow of air and surface traffic moving to overseas destinations.
* Supervises workers engaged in receiving and shipping freight, documentation, waybilling, assessing charges, and collecting fees for shipments.
* Negotiates with domestic customers, as intermediary for foreign customers, to resolve problems and arrive at mutual agreements.
* Negotiates with foreign shipping interests to contract for reciprocal freight-handling agreements.
* May examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customs regulations.
* May contact customs officials to effect release of incoming freight and resolve customs delays.
* May prepare reports of transactions to facilitate billing of shippers and foreign carriers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of international traffic division of import-export agency and negotiates settlements between foreign and domestic shippers. Responsibilities include:
* Plans and directs flow of air and surface traffic moving to overseas destinations.
* Supervises workers engaged in receiving and shipping freight, documentation, waybilling, assessing charges, and collecting fees for shipments.
* Negotiates with domestic customers, as intermediary for foreign customers, to resolve problems and arrive at mutual agreements.
* Negotiates with foreign shipping interests to contract for reciprocal freight-handling agreements.
* May examine invoices and shipping manifests for conformity to tariff and customs regulations.
* May contact customs officials to effect release of incoming freight and resolve customs delays.
* May prepare reports of transactions to facilitate billing of shippers and foreign carriers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who negotiates with representatives of industrial, commercial, agricultural, or other interests utilizing electric power or fuel gas to encourage location of facilities in area served by utility. Responsibilities include:
* Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preparation of surveys and studies of prospective development area to compile information of interest to companies desirous of relocation.
* Analyzes compiled data and formulates methods and procedures for developing industrial areas to determine industries that would enhance developmental plan.
* Plans promotional sales program and advertising to promote maximum utilization of land and consumption of electric power.
* Contacts companies to persuade them to locate in service area.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who negotiates with representatives of industrial, commercial, agricultural, or other interests utilizing electric power or fuel gas to encourage location of facilities in area served by utility. Responsibilities include:
* Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preparation of surveys and studies of prospective development area to compile information of interest to companies desirous of relocation.
* Analyzes compiled data and formulates methods and procedures for developing industrial areas to determine industries that would enhance developmental plan.
* Plans promotional sales program and advertising to promote maximum utilization of land and consumption of electric power.
* Contacts companies to persuade them to locate in service area.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities concerned with acquisition of automotive equipment and operation and maintenance of automotive fleet repair and storage facilities for public utility, transportation, commercial, or industrial company. Responsibilities include:
* Coordinates activities of staff personnel conducting research and testing program on automotive equipment considered for acquisition for such factors as operational performance, operational and maintenance costs, safety of operation, and compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
* Reviews and submits staff proposals for modifications to vendor or manufacturer.
* Directs procurement of all types of company-owned-and-operated automotive equipment, and materials, supplies, and parts required to maintain automotive equipment, garages, and storage facilities.
* Coordinates automotive repair and maintenance services to obtain maximum utilization of automotive equipment and prevent operational delays in other departments.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates through subordinate management personnel, flight operation and control activities of air transport company terminal station. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews flight schedules, flight crew bid sheet for routes, and crew schedules to ensure assignments for schedules and routes are in accordance with personnel qualifications for type of aircraft, federal safety and operational regulations, union contract provisions, and company policy.
* Confers with flight crew personnel to resolve any differences regarding schedule and route assignments.
* Coordinates activities of sections in flight operations department, such as dispatching, flight control, flight training and meteorology, to ensure maximum operating efficiency.
* Confers with administrative personnel, government regulatory agencies, and representatives of other airlines to propose revision and adoption of rules and procedures governing flight operation activities.
* Directs preparation of supplemental training materials or revision of operational manuals resulting from changes in rules and procedures.
* Conducts investigations in cooperation with federal agencies to determine causes of aircraft accidents and to establish accident prevention and emergency methods and procedures.
* May check out flight crew personnel on aircraft.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages operations of municipal harbor department or port authority. Responsibilities include:
* Enforces orders, rules, and regulations, concerning use and control of navigable waters, tidelands, and submerged lands within harbor.
* Authorizes acquisition and maintenance of water craft and erection of facilities for department.
* Directs assignment of berths and wharves to steamship companies.
* Negotiates leases for office space and warehouses.
* Coordinates activities of purchasing, traffic, wharfage, and accounting divisions.
* Analyzes reports of harbor operations to plan and develop future operations, taking into consideration such factors as economic conditions, tariff changes, and commodity movements.
* Prepares and submits reports and recommendations to board or authority.
* Prepares budget and authorizes expenditures within departments.
Industry:Professional careers
