Education and Training Requirements
High School
Classes in business, English, and math are a good foundation for this field. These subjects help provide students with the organizational, communications, and accounting skills that are needed in trucking dispatch work.
Postsecondary Education
Formal education is not required for most truck dispatcher jobs but applicants with an associate's or bachelor's degree improve their prospects for work. Courses in business, management, accounting, English, and communications provide a good foundation for this field. Classes in computers are also useful.
Related Professions
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Airplane Dispatchers
- Airport Security Personnel
- Airport Service Workers
- App Services Workers
- Armored Truck Drivers
- Autonomous Vehicle Safety and Test Drivers
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Avionics Engineers
- Avionics Technicians
- Billing Clerks
- Biotechnology Production Workers
- Business Managers
- Buyers
- Continuous Improvement Managers
- Customer Service Representatives
- Diesel Mechanics
- Driverless Car Engineers
- Fleet Maintenance Technicians
- Flight Attendants
- Flight Instructors
- Green Transportation Careers
- Household Movers
- Hypersonics Engineers
- Hypersonics Technicians
- Industrial Traffic Managers
- Logistics Analysts
- Logistics Engineers
- Manufacturing Supervisors
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Pilots
- Plastics Products Manufacturing Workers
- Public Transportation Operators
- Purchasing Agents
- Railroad Conductors
- Reservation and Ticket Agents
- Rubber Goods Production Workers
- Sales Managers
- Sales Representatives
- Ship's Captains
- Space Pilots
- Supply Chain Managers
- Taxi Drivers
- Toll Collectors
- Traffic Engineers
- Transportation Engineers
- Transportation Planners
- Truck Drivers
- Wind Energy Operations Managers