Truck Driver and Airplane Pilot

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Truck Driver and Airplane Pilot

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Nature of the work

• Operating a nuclear reactor or repairing and
  maintaining a helicopter.
• The military distinguishes between enlisted and
  officer careers. Enlisted personnel make up
  about 85 percent of the armed forces.
• The following groups serve in the active
  army/navy/marine corps air force, and coast
  guard, their reserve components and the air and
  army national guard.

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Nature of the work

• Heavy truck and tractor-trailer drivers.
• Long-distance truck and tractor-trailer drivers.
• Light or delivery services truck drivers.
• Also inspecting there truck.

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Working Conditions

• Less physically demanding.
• Newer trucks reduce stress.
• Computerized inventory tracking.

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Working Conditions

• The military must keep accurate information for
  planning and managing its operations.
• The military reviews information to assist
  military officers.
• The military provide information about military
  careers to young people,parents,school and local
  communities.

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Employment Outlook

• In the year 2000, more than 1.5 million
  individuals were on active duty in the armed
  forces.
• About 530,500 were in the Army
• 400,000 in the Navy
• 385,000 in the air force.

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Employment Outlook

• 3.3 million jobs in 2000. Most truck drivers
  final employment.
• Trucking companies employed about 28 percent of
  all truck drivers in the United States.
• 1 out of 10 truck drivers were self-employed.

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Training, Educational and other Requirements

• One must be between 17 and 35 years old and be a
  U.S. citizen.
• Branches of the armed forces require high school
  graduation.
• Certain qualifications for enlistment are common
  to all branches.

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Training, Educational and other Requirements

• All drivers comply with federal regulations.
• Truck drivers must have a driver license issued
  by the state.
• While many states allow those who are at least 18
  years old to drive trucks within state borders.

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Earnings, Job Outlook Advancement Opportunities

• Opportunities should be good for qualified
  individuals in an branches of the armed forces
  through 2010.

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Earnings, Job Outlook Advancement Opportunities

• Opportunities should be favorable for persons
  interested in truck driving. Truck driving does
  not require education beyond high school.
• Employment of truck drivers is expected to
  increase about as fast as the average for all
  occupations through the year 2010.