A professional who directs and coordinates activities of terminal used by trucking concerns as intermediate freight distribution or shipping point. Responsibilities include:

• Reviews schedules to ascertain trucking concerns having freight consignments for terminal and shipments originating from terminal in order to plan activities.
• Assigns workers to specific duties, such as loading or unloading trucks, checking incoming and outgoing shipments against bills of ladings, and moving freight into and out of storage.
• May hire terminal personnel or order workers from union dispatch office.
• May provide garage services for trucks.