Compare Transportation Engineers & Marine Engineers and Naval Architects District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Transportation Engineers $82,400
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects $150,900

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

Design
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Engineering and Technology
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Mathematics
Using math to solve problems.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Mechanical Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Transportation Engineers
Transportation Engineers
Low
Mechanical Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
High

Mechanical
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

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Operations Monitoring Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Transportation Engineers
Transportation Engineers
Very Low
Operations Monitoring Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Medium

Operations Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

Troubleshooting Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Transportation Engineers
Transportation Engineers
Very Low
Troubleshooting Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Medium

Troubleshooting
Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.

Quality Control Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Transportation Engineers
Transportation Engineers
Low
Quality Control Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Medium

Quality Control Analysis
Testing how well a product or service works.

Physics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Transportation Engineers
Transportation Engineers
Medium
Physics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
High

Physics
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

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Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Transportation Engineers
Transportation Engineers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

Licensing

Many states require licenses for certain jobs. See if your selected occupation requires a license and if so, follow the link to find information for your state.

Licensing for Transportation Engineers
Transportation Engineers

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

License may be required in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Transportation Engineers
Transportation Engineers

6 related certifications

Certification for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

2 related certifications

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