The 16 Career Clusters
Job Examples
The 16 Career Clusters
Job Examples
The 16 Career Clusters
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Careers in this area are jobs where people help make, grow, and sell things from farms and nature. This includes food, plants, animals, wood, and other natural materials. People in these jobs might grow crops, take care of animals, turn raw materials into products, or help sell and deliver these goods to others..

What is Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

100
Teacher
What is Education and Training
100
Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.
What is Finance
100
Computer Programmer
What is Information Technology
100
Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services
What is Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications
200

Jobs where people help others learn, teach lessons, and support students so they can do their best in school and after-school activities

What is Education and Training

200
Police Officer
What is Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
200
Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment
What is Architecture and Construction
200
Architect
What is Architecture and Construction
200
Building Linkages in IT Occupations Framework: For Entry Level, Technical, and Professional Careers Related to the Design, Development, Support and Management of Hardware, Software, Multimedia, and Systems Integration Services
What isInformation Technology
300

Jobs where people make things in factories—turning materials into products—and help plan, fix, and improve how those things are made.

What is Manufacturing

300
Dentist
What is Health Science
300
Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development
What is Health Science
300
Actor
What is Arts & A/V Technology and Communications
300
Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives
What is Marketing, Sales, and Service
400

Jobs where people help run places like restaurants, hotels, and fun activities. They also help plan trips, events, and make sure guests have a great time.

What is Hospitality and Tourism

400
Chemist
What is Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology
400
Executing governmental functions to include Governance; National Security; Foreign Service; Planning; Revenue and Taxation; Regulation; and Management and Administration at the local, state, and federal levels
What is Government and Public Administration
400
Lumberjack
What is Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
400
Planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance.
What is Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
500

These are jobs where people help run a business. They plan what needs to be done, organize the work, lead others, and make sure everything is running smoothly each day.

What is Business, Management & Administration

500
Social Worker
What is Human Services
500
Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services
What is Law, Public Safety, and Security
500
Banker
What is Finance
500
Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.
What is Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering
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