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Chapter 21: Intermodal Transportation

Career Files

Career File: Shipping Clerk

Directions: Look up the career in the Occupational Outlook Handbook and fill out the following:

1.
Education and Training:
2.
Salary and Job Outlook:
3.
What does a shipping clerk do?
4.
What are the working conditions?
5.
Which skills and aptitudes are needed for this career?
6.
What careers are related to this one?
7.
Based on what you now know, use one of the examples of intermodal transportation discussed in Chapter 21 and describe what the role of a shipping clerk might be in that process.
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