Transport
The transport industry is essential to help run our country by delivering people and products to where they're needed. The transport industry covers a variety of roles. Roads, railways, aviation, shipping and aircraft support vehicles all require skilled people to help the industry move towards a more environmentally friendly transport infrastructure.
The impact you could make:
Using low emission vehicles to help reduce environmental impact.
Help build a greener infrastructure such as roads, railways and shipping which all need people with a variety of skills.
The opportunities within transport:
The transport industry is growing which means there are new job roles being created such as hybrid technology engineer. There's also going to be a higher demand for existing roles such as carbon assessors, environmental lawyers and more. All these roles can be accessed through apprenticeships, full-time or part-time education.
Employment
Around 114,400 people work in the transport sector in Scotland across a variety of roles.
Job Availability
There's a growing demand for technical skills to measure, analyse and plan methods to reduce air and environmental pollution.
Job Diversity
TWith electric cars becoming the future and development of hydrogen and electrically powered technologies - the transport industry will see a demand for more maintenance job opportunities.
*Skills Sector Assessment 2022