The 16 Career Clusters
Job Examples
The 16 Career Clusters
Job Examples
The 16 Career Clusters
100

Planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations.

What is Business, Management, and Administration

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
Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services
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
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
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
management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services
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

The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources

What is Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

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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