Transport

This sector covers a diverse range of occupations including airline pilot, merchant navy officer, rail operations manager, port manager and many others.

Emily Buddin - geography graduate

Emily, Assistant Engineer at WSP, talks about her interest in transport planning and how she uses the skills developed during her degree in her job on a daily basis.

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Websites and key publications

Click on each career below for links to publications and websites that provide further information on each career area.

Transport management

The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT UK) - provides careers, training and personal development information plus useful web links
Freight Personnel - specialist recruitment consultants handling staffing requirements within freight forwarding, supply chain and logistics
Geography Jobs - job opportunities in the environment, urban planning, transportation planning, GIS, remote sensing, economic development, housing, emergency planning and various types of research and education
Prospects - for a professional insight into the careers in this industry

Transport personnel

British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) - includes information on how to become an airline pilot as well as job vacancies
British International Freight Association (BIFA) - training information and industry news
Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) - education and training for the commercial shipping industry, includes a careers website - Careers at Sea
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) - the UK's leading provider of air traffic control services
Prospects - for a professional insight into the careers in this industry
Royal Aeronautical Society - provides a careers section, offering help with job hunting and further training information
Transport Planning Society (TPS) - information on how to become a transport planner, work experience and training and development opportunities as well as permanent positions
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) - offers graduate programmes and vacancy information

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GreenJobs – a jobs board dedicated to vacancies in the green jobs sector
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) - opportunities exist within KTP, a three way partnership between a graduate, university and a company. The graduate is employed to manage a project with dedicated support from the university

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