Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician

Types of Degrees Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	115
Basic Certificate	60

What Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician Majors Need to Know

O*NET surveyed people in occupations related to traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician and asked them what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. The responses were rated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being most important.

Knowledge Areas for Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician Majors

Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Skills for Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician Majors

When studying traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician, you’ll learn many skills that will help you be successful in a wide range of jobs - even those that do not require a degree in the field. The following is a list of some of the most common skills needed for careers associated with this major:

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Abilities for Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician Majors

A major in traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

What Can You Do With a Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician Major?

People with a traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Cargo and Freight Agents	10.4%	$43,210
Freight Forwarders	10.4%	$43,210

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician?

This major tends to be male dominated. About 62% of recent graduates are men.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	67
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician

Some degrees associated with traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician may require an advanced degree, while others may not even require a bachelor’s in the field. In general, the more advanced your degree the more career options will open up to you. However, there is significant time and money that needs to be invested into your education so weigh the pros and cons.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma	4.1%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	60.1%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	3.0%
Some College Courses	9.7%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	10.4%
Bachelor’s Degree	12.4%

Online Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	0	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	0	0
Bachelor’s Degree	0	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	0	0
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to traffic, customs, and transportation clerk/technician.

Major	Number of Grads
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	5,747
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation	5,055
Business & Office Technology	1,874
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	1,650
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	1,495
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services	342
Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations	185
Receptionist	81

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.