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  2. List of professional designations in the United States

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    Credentialed veterinary nurses can pursue specialized training in one of 16 NAVTA/CVTS approved academies that specialize in subjects such as dentistry, ophthalmology, or internal medicine. Post-nominal titles typically include the specialty academy's abbreviation to indicate subject (e.g., Jane Doe, LVTS, ADVT).

  3. Traffic engineering (transportation) - Wikipedia

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    However, traffic engineers also consider traffic safety by investigating locations with high crash rates and developing countermeasures to reduce crashes. Traffic flow management can be short-term (preparing construction traffic control plans, including detour plans for pedestrian and vehicular traffic) or long-term (estimating the impacts of ...

  4. Highway engineering - Wikipedia

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    Highway engineering (also known as roadway engineering and street engineering) is a professional engineering discipline branching from the civil engineering subdiscipline of transportation engineering that involves the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roads, highways, streets, bridges, and tunnels to ensure safe and effective transportation of people and goods.

  5. Erosion control - Wikipedia

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    Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, river banks and construction. Effective erosion controls handle surface runoff and are important techniques in preventing water pollution , soil loss , wildlife habitat loss and human property loss.

  6. Navy Supply Corps School - Wikipedia

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    The Transportation of Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) course provides formal training prerequisite for command approved qualification to certify hazardous materials for shipment via all modes of transportation. The course includes a comprehensive overview of the transportation of hazardous materials by motor, rail and water and an intensive review ...

  7. Hierarchy of hazard controls - Wikipedia

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    Hazard control methods at the top of the graphic are potentially more effective and protective than those at the bottom. Following this hierarchy of controls normally leads to the implementation of inherently safer systems, where the risk of illness or injury has been substantially reduced.

  8. Maintenance of traffic - Wikipedia

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    Maintenance of traffic (MOT), also known as temporary traffic control or temporary traffic management, [1] is a process of establishing of a work zone, providing related transportation management and temporary traffic control on streets and highways right-of-way. This process does not apply to law enforcement officers.

  9. Department of public safety - Wikipedia

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    Animal control: this category could also include wildlife officers, game wardens, and dog catchers. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV): includes administration of driver's licenses, license plates and identification cards. Department of Transportation (DOT): includes vehicle registration, tags, and license plates.