Material-recording and transport clerks

How to become a transport clerk

Official title: Transport clerks

Also called: Clerical controller (transport service), Clerical dispatcher (transport service)

Transport clerks keep records of operational aspects and coordinate the timing of train, road and air passenger and freight transport, and prepare reports for management.

Main tasks

Keeping records of operational aspects and coordinating the timing of passenger and freight transport
Directing train routings within a division or zone of a railway system and keeping related records
Directing, controlling and keeping records of freight handling at a railway yard
Coordinating and keeping records of operational activities concerning road transport, such as allocation and scheduling of vehicles and drivers, loading and unloading of vehicles, and storage of goods in transit
Coordinating and keeping records of operational activities concerning air transport of passengers and freight, such as passenger lists and freight manifests
Preparing reports for management

Ways in

Qualifications Framework: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Logistics. The Qualifications Framework publishes a Vocational Qualifications Pathway for the Logistics industry (物流業), showing QF-recognised qualifications by level: https://www.hkqf.gov.hk/logistics/en/vqp. Link between the industry and this job by Peernovo.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: HK$19,600 a month
About 455,200 people in 2025, and about 412,000 projected by 2028. (-9.5%)
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become a transport clerk?

Ways in include: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Logistics.

Do you need a degree to become a transport clerk?

Usually not. Only 19% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Ways in include: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Logistics.

Will AI change the work of a transport clerk?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
Census and Statistics Department (Annual Earnings and Hours Survey): Monthly and hourly wage percentiles by occupational group (5 groups) (Tables 220-23014, 220-23024, 220-23003) (2025 (May to June 2025), released 2026-03-23), retrieved 4 October 2026
Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026