diff --git a/backend/src/modules/catalog-etl/schedulers/catalog-etl.scheduler.spec.ts b/backend/src/modules/catalog-etl/schedulers/catalog-etl.scheduler.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..944d71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/modules/catalog-etl/schedulers/catalog-etl.scheduler.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { ConflictException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { PinoLogger } from 'nestjs-pino';
+import { CatalogEtlService } from '../catalog-etl.service';
+import { CatalogEtlScheduler } from './catalog-etl.scheduler';
+
+const mockRunStep = jest.fn();
+const mockGetLastSuccessfulStepRun = jest.fn();
+const mockLogger = {
+  info: jest.fn(),
+  debug: jest.fn(),
+  error: jest.fn(),
+} as unknown as PinoLogger;
+
+const catalogEtlService = {
+  runStep: mockRunStep,
+  getLastSuccessfulStepRun: mockGetLastSuccessfulStepRun,
+} as unknown as CatalogEtlService;
+
+function makeScheduler(): CatalogEtlScheduler {
+  return new CatalogEtlScheduler(mockLogger, catalogEtlService);
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  jest.clearAllMocks();
+  mockGetLastSuccessfulStepRun.mockResolvedValue(null);
+});
+
+describe('CatalogEtlScheduler.scheduledTerminalEtl', () => {
+  it('runs terminals-sync then terminal-distances-sync on success', async () => {
+    mockRunStep.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    await makeScheduler().scheduledTerminalEtl();
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'terminals-sync');
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'terminal-distances-sync');
+  });
+
+  it('skips terminal-distances-sync when terminals-sync throws a non-conflict error', async () => {
+    mockRunStep.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('db connection lost'));
+    await makeScheduler().scheduledTerminalEtl();
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenCalledWith('terminals-sync');
+    expect(mockLogger.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ err: expect.any(Error) }),
+      'terminals-sync failed; skipping terminal-distances-sync',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('skips both steps when terminals-sync throws ConflictException', async () => {
+    mockRunStep.mockRejectedValueOnce(new ConflictException());
+    await makeScheduler().scheduledTerminalEtl();
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockLogger.debug).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mockLogger.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('logs error but does not throw when terminal-distances-sync fails', async () => {
+    mockRunStep
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined)
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('distances failed'));
+    await expect(makeScheduler().scheduledTerminalEtl()).resolves.not.toThrow();
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(mockLogger.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ err: expect.any(Error) }),
+      'terminal-distances-sync failed',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('skips when terminals-sync was completed within SKIP_HOURS', async () => {
+    mockGetLastSuccessfulStepRun.mockResolvedValue(new Date().toISOString());
+    await makeScheduler().scheduledTerminalEtl();
+    expect(mockRunStep).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('skips terminal-distances-sync when it was completed within SKIP_HOURS', async () => {
+    mockGetLastSuccessfulStepRun
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(null)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(new Date().toISOString());
+    mockRunStep.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    await makeScheduler().scheduledTerminalEtl();
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockRunStep).toHaveBeenCalledWith('terminals-sync');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/catalog-etl/schedulers/catalog-etl.scheduler.ts b/backend/src/modules/catalog-etl/schedulers/catalog-etl.scheduler.ts
index 2535eae..d873e7f 100644
--- a/backend/src/modules/catalog-etl/schedulers/catalog-etl.scheduler.ts
+++ b/backend/src/modules/catalog-etl/schedulers/catalog-etl.scheduler.ts
@@ -13,40 +13,41 @@ export class CatalogEtlScheduler {
     private readonly catalogEtlService: CatalogEtlService,
   ) {}
 
-  @Cron('0 * * * *', { name: 'terminals-sync' })
-  async scheduledTerminalsSync(): Promise<void> {
+  @Cron('0 * * * *', { name: 'terminal-etl' })
+  async scheduledTerminalEtl(): Promise<void> {
     if (await this.shouldSkip('terminals-sync')) return;
-    this.logger.info('Starting scheduled terminals sync');
+    this.logger.info('Starting scheduled terminal ETL');
+
     try {
       await this.catalogEtlService.runStep('terminals-sync');
     } catch (err: unknown) {
       if (err instanceof ConflictException) {
         this.logger.debug(
           { err },
-          'Scheduled terminals sync skipped: ETL lock already held',
+          'Scheduled terminal ETL skipped: ETL lock already held',
         );
         return;
       }
-      this.logger.error({ err }, 'Scheduled terminals sync failed');
+      this.logger.error(
+        { err },
+        'terminals-sync failed; skipping terminal-distances-sync',
+      );
+      return;
     }
-  }
 
-  // Runs 5 minutes after terminals-sync to ensure station_terminal is populated first
-  @Cron('5 * * * *', { name: 'terminal-distances-sync' })
-  async scheduledTerminalDistancesSync(): Promise<void> {
     if (await this.shouldSkip('terminal-distances-sync')) return;
-    this.logger.info('Starting scheduled terminal distances sync');
+
     try {
       await this.catalogEtlService.runStep('terminal-distances-sync');
     } catch (err: unknown) {
       if (err instanceof ConflictException) {
         this.logger.debug(
           { err },
-          'Scheduled terminal distances sync skipped: ETL lock already held',
+          'terminal-distances-sync skipped: ETL lock already held',
         );
         return;
       }
-      this.logger.error({ err }, 'Scheduled terminal distances sync failed');
+      this.logger.error({ err }, 'terminal-distances-sync failed');
     }
   }