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The Logistics and Transport Sector: Jobs, Skills and Job Prospects
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Logistics and Transport
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The Logistics and Transport sector is very broad and articulated. It includes companies that carry out services of pure transport (of goods or people) – by any means of transport (cars, vans, trucks, trains, planes, ships) – but also companies that offer logistics services such as storage, planning and transport management operations. It also includes companies dealing with related services such as distribution, storage, handling and packaging goods.
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The sector is a very important pillar of the economy, which guarantees the global supply chains of the industrial production world and the flows of goods and people.
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Logistics and Transport – Jobs and Job Opportunities
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Career opportunities in Logistics and Transportation are varied, there are entry-level positions open even to people with no experience, for whom there is a training course on the job. For higher-level roles and functions, specific training is useful – for example in Transport Engineering, Management Engineering, Logistics and Manufacturing Engineering – for the planning, management and optimization of industrial production-logistical systems and supply chain.
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In general, shifts can be particularly demanding, because the operation of logistics and transport services often has to be guaranteed 24/24 hours: for example, with regard to shipments or the entrances and exits of goods from warehouses and distribution centres.
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What types of companies do they hire in the Logistics and Transportation sector?
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Logistics and Transport – Companies that hire
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Jobs in Logistics and Transport come from the main players in the sector, that is express truckers and couriers, international shipping companies, import/export companies, logistics services companies for third parties (such as storage and goods handling), companies active in e-commerce, integrated logistics and multi-modal companies, operating for example within interportal, port and airport infrastructures.
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Also, don’t forget the public transport sector, which includes local and national public transport companies (trains, buses, trams, subway) or companies that offer private transport and driver-hire services.
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The Logistics and Transport Sector: Jobs, Skills and Job Prospects
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