Certification or Licensing
Transportation planners with certification demonstrate to employers and clients that they have achieved a recognized level of knowledge and skills in the transportation planning field. The Transportation Professional Certification Board Inc. offers the Professional Transportation Planner (PTP) certification program. To be eligible for the PTP designation, candidates must meet education and work experience requirements and pass the PTP exam. The PTP certificate must be renewed every three years. Find information at https://www.tpcb.org/certification/ptp. The American Planning Association offers the Advanced Specialty Certification in Transportation Planning (CTP) program for transportation planners who have achieved a high level of expertise in the profession. Eligibility requires eight years of transportation planning experience, among other requirements. The CTP certificate must be renewed every two years. Find details at https://www.planning.org/asc.
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Airplane Dispatchers
- Airport Security Personnel
- Airport Service Workers
- Ambassadors
- App Services Workers
- Armored Truck Drivers
- Autonomous Vehicle Safety and Test Drivers
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Avionics Engineers
- Avionics Technicians
- Baggage Porters and Bellhops
- Bailiffs
- Bank Examiners
- Boilermakers and Mechanics
- Border Patrol Agents
- Campaign Workers
- City Managers
- Civil Engineers
- Congressional Aides
- Construction Inspectors
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customs Officials
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Diesel Mechanics
- Driverless Car Engineers
- Economists
- Emergency Management Directors
- Engineers
- EPA Special Agents
- Export-Import Specialists
- FBI Agents
- Federal and State Officials
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Fleet Maintenance Technicians
- Flight Attendants
- Flight Instructors
- Foreign Service Officers
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
- Green Transportation Careers
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Hypersonics Engineers
- Hypersonics Technicians
- Industrial Traffic Managers
- Intelligence Officers
- Interpreters
- Land Trust or Preserve Managers
- Lobbyists
- Locomotive Engineers
- Logistics Analysts
- Logistics Engineers
- Marine Engineers
- Marine Services Technicians
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians
- Mechanical Engineers
- Merchant Mariners
- Military Recruiters
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- National Park Service Employees
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Park Rangers
- Pilots
- Policy Analysts
- Political Consultants
- Political Scientists
- Press Secretaries
- Public Transportation Operators
- Railroad Conductors
- Recycling Coordinators
- Regional and Local Officials
- Reservation and Ticket Agents
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Ship's Captains
- Signal Mechanics
- Space Pilots
- Stevedores
- Supply Chain Managers
- Taxi Drivers
- Toll Collectors
- Traffic Engineers
- Translators
- Transportation Engineers
- Truck Dispatchers
- Truck Drivers
- Urban and Regional Planners