Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

"Taking the road to a career in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics is well worth the ride. Doing business in America means moving people, raw materials, and products by road, rail, air, and water. To keep things moving requires millions of workers in supporting industries such as infrastructure planning and management, logistics, and maintenance of vehicles and facilities. The variety of opportunities is dizzying, but to get ahead it helps to have a solid technical background. Individuals from automobile service technicians to airline pilots find their jobs improved and enriched by technical advances."

 

 

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Civil Engineer | Science Splash

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Gayatri Kharel works for the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) as a civil engineer. She outlines how her interests in civil engineering developed while she lived in India. She talks...
Stephen Brown, Swing Bridge Operator | Original SC

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Stephen Brown is a Swing Bridge Operator working in Beaufort, S.C. He was the first African American to work for Beaufort County as a firefighter... a post he held for 35 years. After retirement, he...
Emergency Air Rescue | Eye Wonder

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The Eye Wonder team learns about emergency air rescue. D.V. takes a ride in an emergency helicopter and learns all about the emergency care that takes place in the sky.
Bridges | Eye Wonder

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The Eye Wonder team learns all about bridges. D.V. visits a bridge under construction and SCDOT to learn more about the construction and engineering that must occur for a bridge to be built and stay...
Aircraft | Eye Wonder

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The Eye Wonder team learns about manufacturing aircraft. D.V. goes to the Lockheed Martin Factory and teaches us all about the different parts of the plane while going down the assembly line.