Transportation Route and Crew Schedulers

Nature of work

Transportation route and crew schedulers prepare operational and crew schedules for transportation equipment and operating workers. They work for municipal transit commissions, truck, delivery and courier companies, railways, airlines and by other transportation organizations in both the private and public sectors.

Job duties

Transportation route and crew schedulers:

• Review schedule requisitions, passenger counts and cargo, running times, distances, personnel availability, and other important information to establish schedule constraints.
• Design new or modify existing schedules using computer software or other methods.
• Incorporate into route plan factors like peak travel periods, holidays, special events and construction with emphasis on time and cost efficiency.
• Assign workers to equipment and routes and schedule work shifts.
• Compile equipment and personnel records, including hours in service, distances, maintenance, repairs required and other data, to produce operating reports.
• May prepare user guides and other public service information.

Sample job titles

• bus transportation service coordinator
• crew dispatcher
• crew scheduler, transportation
• flight scheduler
• schedule control clerk
• scheduler - transit system
• transit planner
• transportation clerk
• transportation route scheduler
• truck scheduler

Skills

• You must be organized and pay attention to detail. Your work must be accurate. Good communication skills are important. You need to be able to work as part of a team. Computer skills and the ability to work with technology may be helpful.

Job requirements

• High school is required.
• On-the-job training may be provided.

Other considerations

None

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