The 16 Career Clusters
Planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations.
What is Business Management and Administration?
Mechanical Engineer
What is STEM?
In Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources: Florist, Animal Trainer, Farmer, and Grocery Store Cashier.
Bachelors or Master's Degree, Certification as a Public Accountant. Skills in math, and planning/organization.
What is an Accountant?
A group of jobs that are related.
What is a Career Cluster?
Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.
What is Education and Training?
Social Media Coordinator
What is Marketing?
In Health Science: Social Worker, Nurse, Pharmacist, Radiology Technician.
What is Social Worker?
On-The-Job Training, Food License, Culinary School. Skills: good at cooking, working fast, communication.
What is a Chef?
Small groups of occupations within a career cluster.
What are pathways?
Management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services.
What is Hospitality and Tourism?
Mental Health Counselor
What is Human Services?
In Government and Public Administration: Navy officer, Secretary, Mailman, Mayor.
What is Secretary?
On-The-Job Training, High School Diploma or Bachelor's Degree, Sewing Classes, School for Art and Design. Skills: creativity, craftsmanship, design, knowledge of trends.
What is a Fashion Designer?
Something that you love to do, and are trained in. Usually consists of multiple jobs over time.
What is your career?
Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment.
What is Architecture and Construction?
Paralegal
What is Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security?
In Arts, A/V Technology and Communication: Actor, Dancer, Landscaper, Reporter.
What is Landscaper?
Security Officer
How many career clusters are there?
What is 16?
Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products, and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.
What is Manufacturing?
Programmer
What is Information Technology?
In Education and Training: Historian, Teacher, Speech Therapist, Librarian.
What is Speech Therapist?
On-The-Job Training, High School Diploma. CDL License, Safe Driving Training, Materials Handling Training. Skills: good at driving, reliable, communicative, stick to schedule.
Truck Driver
What are some steps in choosing your career?
What are: taking classes, doing job shadowing or internships, having part-time jobs, networking, getting certifications, using the career center, talking to your instructors/family/friends.