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What interests you?

  • Operating tools and machinery
  • Reading maps + figuring out routes
  • Driving planes, trains, trucks
  • Electronics, computers & high technology
  • Traveling
  • bicyclist riding on a road against a grassy hill and a blue sky dotted with clouds
  • electric vehicle charging
  • blurred lines of motion on a freeway
  • dirty hand holding small screwdriver
  • helicopter flying low
  • close up of a jet engine
  • macro shot of a car odometer
  • hand holding a printed map
  • wing of an airplane over the clouds
  • rigging and masts of a ship
  • shipping containers of many colors sit on the ground at a dock
  • steam train moving across a bridge by a tree-studded area against a clear blue sky

Check out these careers:

slow motion blurred lights of cars passing on a busy freeway at night
Transportation Engineer
annual salary range
$62,640 to $156,290
inside of a cockpit with lights at night, part of Aeronautical and Aviation Technology
Aeronautical and Aviation Technology
annual salary range
$24,115-$76,187
Automotive Technology
Automotive Technology
annual salary range
$17,417-$45,729
Automotive Collision Repair
Automotive Collision Repair
annual salary range
$17,490-$31,272
Diesel Technology
Diesel Technology
annual salary range
$34,630-$53,253
Aviation Mechanic
Aviation Mechanics
annual salary range
$26,841-$51,458

Explore

Do you...

  • Find problems and know how to fix them
  • Keep tools and equipment working well
  • Like to tinker with machines/motors

Gain Some Experience

  • Repair bikes, vehicles, and engines
  • Visit transportation museums
  • Travel to different places
  • Ride on a boat, ship or train
  • Fly on a plane
  • Make and fly model airplanes
  • Use remote controlled devices
  • Create and design machines
sunset against the side of an airplane
automobile body repair in a shop
specialist tools for repairing bicycles
two cyclists riding against a peach sunset
specialist fixing an engine
refueling of an airplane on the tarmac

School

Related Programs at Local Colleges

Check out the Los Angeles Community College degree and certificate program finder to search for programs relevant to your interests nearby.

Work

Career Interviews

Let’s find out what people working in the careers you want to explore have to say. Download the Career Interview worksheet (PDF).