high sChOOL PROgRAMs
hErE ArE the programs of study
available within the Transportation,
distribution & logistics cluster in Texas high
schools.* The state has created descriptions
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of each of these programs of study. These
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documents detail high school classes you
might take, extended learning opportunities,
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and postsecondary programs. To download
them, visit www.AchieveTexas.org/
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Implementation.htm and click on the cluster
icon for the area that interests you.
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FACILITy & mOBILE
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workers in this field keep machinery running. They
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also look for ways to operate machinery safely for
less money.
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ENvIrONmENTAL mANAGEmENT transportation while still in high school.
workers in this field look for ways to prevent
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accidents in the workplace. They inspect buildings
and machines for hazards and safety violations.
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LOGISTICS PLANNING &
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d Gilfus is a multiple- foundations on which this field is built.”
championship-winning auto racer “It’s also important to have good
and the co-owner of Applied Racing computer skills,” says Tony Molla, vice
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mANAGEmENT SErvICES
Technology in Austin. The son of a dairy president for communications with
In this field, workers make sure products arrive
farmer who had no knowledge of auto the National Institute for Automotive
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when and where they should at the lowest
racing, Gilfus dreamed of a different life Service Excellence (ASE) in Leesburg,
possible cost.
and found a way to fulfill his dreams. Virginia. “In the automotive world, cars
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“Success,” he says, “is the intersection of have become very complex. They’re
hard work and opportunity.” basically rolling computers.”
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SALES AND SErvICE
workers in this field develop pricing strategies,
Gilfus discovered his opportunity “All students in Transportation,
in the form of a job-training program Distribution & Logistics should take
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balance company objectives, and manage
customer satisfaction. They identify, develop, and
offered jointly by the Texas Employment courses that teach problem solving
evaluate sales strategies.
Commission and Odessa College. In that as a primary approach to learning,”
program, he learned what he needed to concludes Lynne Cagle, a curriculum
TrANSPOrTATION OPErATIONS
become an automotive technician and specialist at the University of North
workers in this field operate the trains, airplanes,
worked his way from there into the world Texas in Denton. “Students in this
trucks, buses, and other vehicles that deliver
of auto racing. Gilfus waited until after cluster should have a strong mathematics
people and goods to their destinations.
high school to pursue his dreams, but and science foundation.”
you can start right now.
TrANSPOrTATION SySTEmS/
Gilfus says the keys that can start Class Choices
INFrASTrUCTUrE PLANNING, your career engine can be picked up in Career electives give a
mANAGEmENT & rEGULATION
academic high school classes such as student the chance
workers in this field plan and enforce regulations English I and Algebra I. “If you want to explore careers
to make travel safer and more efficient by air, rail, to pursue a career in a transportation in Transportation,
and on streets and highways. or engineering field,” he says, “you Distribution &
must be good in math and read well.
WArEhOUSING & Technical reading comprehension is very
DISTrIBUTION CENTEr OPErATIONS
important.”
In this field, employees work in terminals and
warehouses to make sure items from all over the
Build the foundation
world are delivered to the right place and on time.
Garry Engelbrecht, an automotive
instructor at Waco High School, agrees.
* Not all schools offer all programs of study or clusters.
Ask your counselor which programs are available at your school. “Math, science, physics—these are the
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