Education and Training
The minimum education required by most skilled trades
What is high school diploma + vocational training
True or False: In demand careers usually offer competitive salaries.
What is True?
Define "in demand career"
What is a job with high growth and strong hiring needs?
Describe where tractor trailer drivers work?
Tractor trailer drivers work in their trucks and driving on roads, highways, and interstates
List ways PA Career Link can help with education and training for high demand jobs
What is by providing paid work experiences, apprenticeships, certification programs, assistance with obtaining GEDs, supportive funding, and connecting job seekers with employers?
A top healthcare career in Lancaster County that requires post secondary training.
What is Licensed Practical or Licensed Vocational Nurse?
This is the average hourly wage for Lancaster County residents if they are privately employed
What is $30.95?
This is the highest paying trade job in PA
What is Power Lineman?
A power lineman would typically work in this type of enviroment
What is outdoor, usually in extreme weather like storms
PA CareerLink focuses on placing people in these type of jobs/careers
What is high demand jobs/careers?
The type of degree most common for Registered Nurses in Lancaster County
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
The unemployment rate in Lancaster county
What is 3.8%?
Explain what a wind turbine is and the job of a wind turbine service technician
What is a device that captures wind and converts it into electricity/ A technician would fix a turbine if something went wrong or it stopped working
This high paying PA job usually takes place in someone's house
What is a Private Duty Homecare Worker?
The advantage of PA CareerLink focusing on career paths instead of jobs
What is it sets up people for long term, sustainable employment?
A certification that would be helpful if you worked in the trades
What is:
Automotive technology certification, HVAC certification, Welding certification, Culinary Art certification, or Medical/ Dental assistant certification
The percentage of people who live and work in Lancaster county
What is 48.6%?
In Lancaster County, how does the total number of online job postings in 2025 compare to the total amount of unemployment claims in August.
What is the number of online job postings was higher than the number of unemployment claims?
Two possibilities of top 10 occupations in Lancaster that demonstrate a career pathway.
What is retail salesperson to First Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational nurses to Registered Nurses, Personal Care Aides to Licensed Practical or Licensed Vocational Nurse to Registered Nurse
PA CareerLink helps people ____________________
___________________________________________.
What is find jobs, improve skills, and access training?
The two criteria required for a successful apprenticeship
What is on the job training and classroom instruction?
One benefit an employer would offer an employee and why benefits are offered.
What is (medical benefits, tuition reimbursement, PTO, etc...) and they are offered to attract and retain employees.
This field has the most in demand jobs in PA. List three jobs in that field and describe one of them
What is health care? Medical assistants, medical equipment repair person, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapy assistant, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician assistant
Describe the wage gap in PA and explain how it is an example of discrimination
Women earn $0.57 for every $1.00 men earn. It is a type of gender discrimination.
Three barriers to employment Pa CareerLink helps workers overcome
What are language barriers, educational barriers, lack of transportation, unemployment, underemployment, displaced workers, and re-entry?