Atlas considered the transport and logistics industry in all its sectors, including land, air, sea and river, as well as alternative transport. The logistics area and the storage and warehousing area were studied in detail.
In the course of Atlas development of this industry 12 in-depth interviews were conducted, questionnaires on forecasting the future were organized with 113 leading industry experts, and a foresight session with 123 specialists in the field of transport and logistics.
As a result, 20 new professions were developed, 9 transformed professions and 16 disappearing ones were identified.
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Atlas of professions of transport and logistics industry of Kazakhstan:
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1. DIGITALIZATION AND GAMIFICATION
Traffic management, logistics chains and even vehicles will be fully digitized in the future. Remote coordination will require advanced digital skills. An industry worker will be more an IT professional than a classic driver, logistician or repairman.
Gamified processes, virtual remote management of different modes of transport, working with digital twins and interaction with artificial intelligence will turn the transport and logistics sector into an innovative, knowledge-intensive field that requires a high degree of professional training based on a wide range of competencies. As a result, workers involved in the digitalization of TLCs will be among the most in demand and highly paid specialists.
If you are interested in working with large volumes of data, solving complex and interesting tasks, organizing chaos and constructing highly complex dynamic structures, the following professions of the future will suit you:

2. AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS
Robotization, new materials, additive technologies, unmanned and autonomous transport will lead to the next stage of evolution of transport and logistics industry.
Most manual processes will be performed by robots and automated monitoring and diagnostics systems.
Unmanned transport will consistently displace the manned one. However, for those who like to "feel the car", special neuro-interfaces may be developed that allow literally "merging" with the vehicle, both on the ground and on water and in the air.
If you like to work with sophisticated machinery, robots and machines, if you want to travel on the transport of the future as in fantastic movies, you will be suitable for future professions such as:

3. ECOLOGIZATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF CONSUMER PREFERENCES
There is a growing global focus on environmental and sustainable development issues. Transport is the main source of environmental pollution. In the future, the emission of CO2 and other harmful emissions will be consistently reduced through the promotion of eco-transport and alternative types of vehicles.
Change of consumer preferences associated with improving the quality of life, transformation of socio-economic paradigms and the results of STP will cause a cascade of metamorphosis in the transport and logistics industry, from the gradual transition to the economy of shared consumption to the apocalypse of retail.
If environmental protection is important to you, including soil, air, water and biosphere pollution, if you want to make people's lives easier and better, then the following occupations of the future will suit you:

Additive Maintenance Engineer
Year of appearance: 2025

Alternative and Eco Transport Technician
Year of appearance: 2025

Biometric control technologist
Year of appearance: 2025

Digital logistic card constructor
Year of appearance: 2035

Digital logistician
Year of appearance: 2025

Digital Twin Designer
Year of appearance: 2030

Drone Traffic Optimizer
Year of appearance: 2030

Eco-logistician
Year of appearance: 2025

Highway Hybridizer
Year of appearance: 2030

ITS designer (traffic management systems, smart logistics, dispatching, real-time monitoring and analysis, etc.)
Year of appearance: 2020

ITS operator
Year of appearance: 2020

Operator of digital logistics maps
Year of appearance: 2035

Operator of digital twins
Year of appearance: 2030

Operator-technologist of autonomous vehicles
Year of appearance: 2030

Predictive Maintenance Technologist
Year of appearance: 2025

Remote control operator of a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles
Year of appearance: 2025

Robotics operator
Year of appearance: 2030

Robotics Technological Engineer
Year of appearance: 2030

Transport control interface designer
Year of appearance: 2025

Transport gamiifier
Year of appearance: 2025

Dispatcher => Intelligent dispatch operator
Transformation year: 2025

Diving specialist => Underwater drone operator
Transformation year: 2030

Driver => Remote control operator of a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles
Transformation year: 2030

Flight engineer (flight mechanic), transport mechanical engineers, transport repairmen => Predictive Maintenance Technician
Transformation year: 2030

Forwarder => Intelligent Freight Forwarding Operator
Transformation year: 2030

Pilot => Remote Aircraft Operator / Emergency Pilot
Transformation year: 2035

Rolling stock driver => Train remote control operator
Transformation year: 2030

Statistical traffic officer => ITS analyst
Transformation year: 2025

Storekeeper => Digital warehouse operator
Transformation year: 2025

A caller of locomotive and train crews
Year of disappearance: 2025

Acceptor of auto and railway scales
Year of disappearance: 2030

Baggage sorter
Year of disappearance: 2025

Bunker
Year of disappearance: 2025

Call center operator
Year of disappearance: 2025

Conductors (trains, buses, trams, etc.), ticket inspectors at stations, aprons, etc.
Year of disappearance: 2025

Customs agent, passenger check-in agent, screening agent, passport control specialist
Year of disappearance: 2030

Fireman of steam locomotives in the depot
Year of disappearance: 2025

Helmsmen and navigators
Year of disappearance: 2030

Lighthouse keeper
Year of disappearance: 2025

Meters (warehouse, loading / unloading, etc.)
Year of disappearance: 2025

Motorized Equipment Drivers
Year of disappearance: 2030

Movers, warehouse workers
Year of disappearance: 2030

Porters (luggage, warehouses, etc.)
Year of disappearance: 2025

Receiver of cargo and baggage, receiver of cargo, weigher, controller during loading and unloading of goods
Year of disappearance: 2025
