14405 Transportation route and crew schedulers

What this occupation covers

Transportation route and crew schedulers prepare operational and crew schedules for transportation equipment and operating personnel. They are employed by municipal transit commissions, truck, delivery and courier companies, railways, airlines and by other transportation establishments in both the private and public sectors.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 6 main duties for this code.

• Review schedule requisitions, passenger counts and cargo, running times, distances, personnel availability and other pertinent information to establish schedule parameters
• Design new or modify existing schedules using computer software or other methods
• Incorporate into route plan factors such as peak travel periods, holidays, special events and construction with emphasis on time and cost efficiency
• Assign personnel to equipment and routes and schedule work shifts
• Compile equipment and personnel records, including hours in service, distances, maintenance, repairs required and other data, to produce operating reports
• May prepare user guides and other public service information.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 6 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 12013 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations
• 70020 Managers in transportation
• 13201 Production and transportation logistics coordinators
• 22302 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians

Excluded from this code

• Crew schedulers supervisor (See 12013 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations)
• Flight schedulers manager (See 70020 Managers in transportation)
• Production scheduler (See 13201 Production and transportation logistics coordinators)
• Scheduling technician - manufacturing (See 22302 Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians)
• Transportation route schedulers supervisor (See 12013 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

air transport schedule analyst · bus scheduler · bus transportation service coordinator · charter coordinator · crew dispatcher · crew scheduler - aeronautics · crew scheduler - railway transport · crew scheduler - transportation · depot clerk - transit system · flight crew scheduler · flight scheduler · logistics clerk - transportation · rapid transit scheduler · schedule analyst · schedule control clerk · schedule maker · schedule writer · scheduler - transit system · senior schedule writer · subway scheduler · train scheduler · transit planner · transit scheduler · transportation clerk

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Several years of experience in an appropriate transportation sector are usually required.
• On-the-job training may be provided.