Business & Finance
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Schedule and dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles for conveyance of materials, freight, or passengers, or for normal installation, service, or emergency repairs rendered outside the place of business. Duties may include using radio, telephone, or computer to transmit assignments and compiling statistics and reports on work progress.
Median salary
$48,880
Typical range
$35k – $76k
Job outlook
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Entry / Junior
$34,600
~2 yrs to advance
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Established
$48,880
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Senior
$62,505
Key skills
A typical day
- •Schedule or dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles to appropriate locations, according to customer requests, specifications, or needs, using radios or telephones.
- •Prepare daily work and run schedules.
- •Confer with customers or supervising personnel to address questions, problems, or requests for service or equipment.
- •Relay work orders, messages, or information to or from work crews, supervisors, or field inspectors, using telephones or two-way radios.
- •Receive or prepare work orders.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
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