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Logistics is an international activity that involves the land, sea, or air transportation of people, equipment, or goods. It includes all the activities involved in moving raw materials to manufacturing facilities and the distribution of finished products to the consumer.

These activities include purchasing, inventory control, material handling, production planning, packaging, warehousing, and transportation. Logistics also includes clerical/administrative, paraprofessional/technical, and supervisory/management jobs that plan, organize, and facilitate the activities mentioned above.

Logistics is an important, fast-growing part of all business and industry activities in Wisconsin and the global marketplace. Future demand for workers with logistics skills is expected to increase by 5.3% through 2014.

Work-Based Requirements

Industry mentors are trained to teach youth apprentices the skills and knowledge needed to find entry level employment in the field of logistics.

Youth apprentices rotate through up to four major areas at the worksite (See Skills Standards Checklist) and take related classroom instruction at the local high school, technical college, or at a participating employer's worksite.

Youth Apprentices interested in the Logistics program may choose to take either one year of classroom instruction with a minimum of 450 work hours, or two years of classroom instruction with a minimum of 900 work hours.

Related Instruction Requirements

Logistics related instruction focuses on:

Transportation Basics
Students analyze transportation trends and the role of government, examine the trucking, railroad, airline, water carrier and pipeline industries, process shipping documents, handle claims, interpret tariffs, and examine intermodal and auxiliary carriers and traffic management.
Customer Service
Students explore telephone communication and problem solving, demonstrate career success traits, design customer service systems, and explore motivation and leadership.
Global Purchasing and Logistics
Students explore purchasing, ordering, vendor choices, billing, domestic and international issues and practices, duties and tariffs, and processing surplus and hazardous materials.
Logistics and Quality
Manufacturing and distribution, forecasting, production planning, inventory management, inspection, process control and the comparison of quality processes is included in this unit.

Skill Certificate and Advanced Standing

After successful completion of the requirements for a high school diploma and the school-based and work-based requirements for Youth Apprenticeship, the students receive a Certificate of Occupational Proficiency from the Department of Workforce Development. Students who complete the two-year Logistics Program are eligible to receive three or more advanced standing credits from a Wisconsin Technical College offering related associate degree programs.

Downloadable Documents

Skills Standards Checklist
Order Form from Dept. of Administration Document Sales Unit

Updated August 11, 2008
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Logistics

Work-Based Requirements

Related Instruction Requirements

Skill Certificate and Advanced Standing

Downloadable Documents