Industry Overview – Logistics/E-Commerce
The Logistics/E-Commerce cluster is made up of interrelated industries such as refrigerated warehousing, self-storage facilities, freight transporting companies, and overnight delivery businesses. In 2013-2014, over 50,000 workers were employed in this cluster, making up 4 percent of the economic market’s workforce population. Industries showing the highest projected job openings include: Warehousing and Storage; General Freight Trucking; Specialized Freight Trucking; Couriers and Express Delivery Services; Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic); and Repair and Maintenance. In demand entry-level and middle skills jobs include truck drivers, mechanics, supply chain workers for “fulfillment” or on-line ordering businesses, fork lift operators, warehouse workers, bi-lingual supervisors and order takers/route planners.
Companies
Logistics, Supply Chain and Warehouse Training Programs
- Fresno State Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies
Covers logistics management, purchasing, transportation, operations and supply-chain strategy. - Fresno City College Warehouse Technician Program
A noncredit program covering receiving, shipping, packaging, inventory movement, warehouse equipment and basic maintenance. - San Joaquin Delta College Logistics and Transportation Program
Offers an associate degree and certificates in logistics and transportation supervision and traffic, shipping and receiving. - Modesto Junior College Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Offers an associate degree, a Logistics and Supply Chain Management Certificate of Achievement and a Warehousing and Distribution Assistant certificate. - Modesto Junior College Warehousing and Distribution Assistant Certificate
Provides preparation for entry-level warehouse, inventory and distribution-center positions. - Bakersfield College Industrial Automation Program
Offers stackable certificates and associate and bachelor’s degrees covering automation, controls, robotics and industrial systems used in modern distribution centers. - Bakersfield College–Amazon Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship
Provides industry-recognized training for technicians who maintain automated warehouse, conveyance and robotic systems. - Bakersfield College–Wonderful Career Center Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship
Combines college instruction with paid employment and hands-on industrial maintenance and automation training. - Kern High School District CTEC Logistics and Distribution Program
Operates a 10,000-square-foot training warehouse and offers forklift, OSHA 10, Lean Six Sigma and other certifications, along with dual-enrollment Bakersfield College credit.
With plenty of reasonably-prices land and room to grow, distribution tops the list of new business development in Central California.
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