BUILDING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY IN ITS : GUIDELINES ON DEVELOPING THE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL

In this report, guidelines and recommendations are presented for developing the future transportation professional. A set of competency skills were developed as a result of a series of interviews with current transportation professionals. The competency requirements were in the areas of: information, sensing, computer technologies, systems, telecommunications, electrical engineering and institutional issues. Recommendations are presented according to three sections: characteristics of future professionals engaged in operations and management; recommendations to a range of educational institutions and audiences; and, recommendations for those involved in the federal Professional Capacity Building Program.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/operations/its/99018/guide4develop.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4352
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1999 Joint Program Office, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Washington, DC Remarks: URL verified based upon viewing of website in April 2000
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 28 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Education and training
• Subject Areas: Education and Training;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00799342
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-OP-99-018, EDL #8967
• Files: PATH, NTL, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 6 2000 12:00AM