Surrey Campus
Dispatching and Transportation Operations
- Description
Dispatching and Transportation Operations Training in Surrey
A trucking career can involve much more than simply driving a truck. Trucking, or the transportation operations industry, can cover a wide range of career opportunities. Consider, for example, the definition given to transportation operations by Industry Canada: “The trucking sector consists of those companies that move goods by means of road transport (carriers). It includes firms that undertake the transport of goods for compensation (for-hire carriers), the trucking operations of firms that maintain their own fleets of vehicles (private carriers), and the business of owner-operators who haul trailers or other equipment using their own trucks (either leased or owned).”
This definition illustrates the sheer breadth and scope of the transport operations industry and hints at the numerous job titles and functions it encompasses, including:
- Operations Manager
- Local Dispatcher
- Highway Dispatcher
- Driver Manager/Trainer/Recruiter
- Load Planner
- Safety & Compliance Officer
- Representative
- Log Book Auditor
- Fleet Maintenance
- Loss Prevention Administrator
- Warehouse Supervisor
- Customer Service Rep
- Sales
These trucking careers all have very different earning potential, though generally speaking, starting salaries in the transportation operations industry are quite high. Graduates from the Dispatching and Transportation Operations Program are well positioned to take advantage of the high demand for trained graduates, and may be hired by major transportation companies.
Admissions Requirements:
The minimum entrance requirements are 19 years of age prior to the start of the study and / or graduation from Grade 12 (or equivalent)
Language Proficiency Requirements
- Prior to acceptance, applicants must meet one of the following:
- Completion of 2 years of secondary education (including English 10 and 11, min. grade ‘C’) from a country where English is a principal language
- Completion of 2 years of full-time post-secondary education at an accredited institution where English is the language of instruction
- Completion of a recognized language pathway program (Languages Canada-accredited) with required level/grade
- Submission of verified test results (must be dated within 2 years):
- Provide verified results for one of the English language proficiency tests listed below:
Test results must be dated no more than two years before the start date of the program.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic: overall score of 5.5 or higher.
- Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Test: overall score of 40 or higher
- Duolingo English Test: overall score of 95 or higher
Mature student applicants:
- Applicant is 19 years or older at the start of the program and is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who cannot access is their educational records or provide sufficient evidence of secondary or post-secondary education as outlined above:
- applicant provides attestation that they have completed at least three years of full-time instruction in English in a country where the English is one of the principal languages, and
- Applicant completes an Accuplacer English Assessment (Next Generation: Reading, Writing and WritePlacer) and achieves the following minimum scores:
- Reading: 235
- Writing: 235
- WritePlacer: 4
Test Minimum Score Required
- IELTS (Academic) Overall band score of 5.5
- TOEFL iBT Overall score of 46
- CAEL Overall score of 40
- Duolingo English Test (DET) Overall score of 95
- PTE Academic Overall score of 43
- Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Min. score of 160 or Grade “C”
- Cambridge Linguaskill Overall B2 level
- LanguageCert Int’l ESOL B2 level (Written and Spoken)
- Michigan English Test (MET) Overall B2 level
- iTEP Academic Overall score of 3.5
- EIKEN Min. placement: Grade Pre-1
*This program has been approved by the Private Training Instititutions Branch (PTIRU) of Ministry of Advanced Education.
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