Transportation Engineer
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
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Average Salary
RM3043 - RM 5862
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Career Trends
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Compability
What is Transportation Engineer?
Develop plans for surface transportation projects, according to established engineering standards and state or federal construction policy. Prepare designs, specifications, or estimates for transportation facilities. Plan modifications of existing streets, highways, or freeways to improve traffic flow.
Minimum education level
PT3
SPM
STPM
Diploma
Degree
Average Salary
Example of a Job Position
Task
? Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as airports, commuter trains, highways, streets, bridges, drainage structures, or roadway lighting ? Investigate traffic problems and recommend methods to improve traffic flow or safety ? Check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices ? Prepare administrative, technical, or statistical reports on traffic-operation matters, such as accidents, safety measures, or pedestrian volume or practices ? Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials
Skills
Talking
Talk to others to convey information effectively
Complex Problem Solving
Identify complex problems and review related information in order to develop and evaluate options and solutions that can be applied.
Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled
Reading Understanding
Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.
Capability
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Information Arrangement - The ability to arrange various things and actions in a certain sequence or pattern according to the rules specified (for example: number patterns, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
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Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to certain problems in order to produce reasonable answers.
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Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or maybe wrong. This does not involve solving the problem, only knowing if there is a problem.
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Written Understanding - Ability to read and understand information and ideas conveyed through writing
