Activity 10: Matching Career Clusters with Occupations Name: Period: Date: Purpose To explore the 16 Career Clusters and investigate a range of career choices. Instructions Explore the 16 Career Clusters on the following pages, each of which represents: o A set of occupations all of which require a base of common knowledge and skills that escalate in difficulty as specialization is involved, and o A program of aligned instructional units that begin in high school and continue to the highest levels of professional and post graduate instruction. Use the Career Cluster activity page to connect the grouping of occupations in the left hand column with those career clusters in the right hand list where you believe the occupation could reasonably be employed. Occupations may be linked with more than one cluster. The 16 Career Clusters can be explored at: www.careerclusters.org/16clusters.htm 1
Matching Career Clusters with Occupations ACTIVITY SHEET * match the list of occupations that best matches with what occupations you feel would be in that career clusters OCCUPATION CAREER CLUSTER Music Teacher Desktop Publisher Art Director Cartoonist Animator Personal Trainer Funeral Director Family Therapist Nanny Tree Surgeon Veterinarian Biochemist Fish and Game Officer Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources 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. Architecture & Construction Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment. Arts, A/V Technology, & Communication Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services. 2
ACTIVITY SHEET (continued) Meter Installer/Repairer Biomedical Equipment Technician Drycleaner Cabinetmaker Engineer Laser Systems Technician Technical Writer E-Business Specialist Computer Animator Web Master Network Administrator Architect Interior Designer Landscape Designer Surveyor Civil Engineer Business, Management, & Administration Business Management and Administration careers encompass planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. Education & Training Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services Finance Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management Elementary Teacher Psychologist Fitness Trainer Nanny Counselor Governmental & Public Administration 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. 3
ACTIVITY SHEET (continued) Taxi Driver Aerospace Technician Automotive Body Repairer Logistics Engineer Packer Lobbyist Policy Analyst Government Auditor President Mayor Legal Secretary Paralegal Market Researcher Meeting and Convention Planner File Clerk Zoologist Microbiologist Mathematician Statistician Human Services Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs. Health Science Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development. Hospitality & Tourism Hospitality & Tourism encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services. Information Technology 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. 4
ACTIVITY SHEET (continued) Bartender Pastry Chef Valet Parker Food and Beverage Director Bell Hop Tour Guide Dental Technician Dentist Mortician Athletic Trainer Nurse Bank Teller Accountant Financial Analyst Economist Cashier Floral Designer Marketing Manager Real Estate Broker Law, Public Safety, & Security Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services. Manufacturing 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. Marketing, Sales, & Service Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives. Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics 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. 5
ACTIVITY SHEET (continued) Lawyer Federal Marshall Bomb Technician Paralegal Security Guard Transportation, Distribution,& Logistics 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. 6
Matching Career Clusters with Occupations ANSWER SHEET OCCUPATION CAREER CLUSTER Tree Surgeon Veterinarian Biochemist Fish and Game Officer Architect Interior Designer Landscape Designer Surveyor Civil Engineer Music Teacher Desktop Publisher Art Director Cartoonist Animator Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources 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. Architecture & Construction Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment. Arts, A/V Technology, & Communication Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services. 7
ANSWER SHEETS (continued) Legal Secretary Paralegal Market Researcher Meeting and Convention Planner File Clerk Elementary Teacher Psychologist Fitness Trainer Nanny Counselor Bank Teller Accountant Financial Analyst Economist Lobbyist Policy Analyst Government Auditor President Mayor Business, Management, & Administration Business Management and Administration careers encompass planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. Education & Training Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services Finance Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management Governmental & Public Administration 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. 8
ANSWER SHEETS (continued) Dental Technician Dentist Mortician Athletic Trainer Nurse Bartender Pastry Chef Valet Parker Food and Beverage Director Bell Hop Tour Guide Health Science Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development. Hospitality & Tourism Hospitality & Tourism encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services. Personal Trainer Funeral Director Family Therapist Nanny Technical Writer E-Business Specialist Computer Animator Web Master Network Administrator Human Services Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs. Information Technology 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. 9
ANSWER SHEETS (continued) Lawyer Federal Marshall Bomb Technician Paralegal Security Guard Meter Installer/Repairer Biomedical Equipment Technician Drycleaner Cabinetmaker Engineer Laser Systems Technician Cashier Floral Designer Marketing Manager Real Estate Broker Law, Public Safety, & Security Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services. Manufacturing 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. Marketing, Sales, & Service Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives. 10
ANSWER SHEETS (continued) Zoologist Microbiologist Mathematician Statistician Taxi Driver Aerospace Technician Automotive Body Repairer Logistics Engineer Packer Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics 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. Transportation, Distribution,& Logistics 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. 11