Career Clusters
WHAT ARE CAREER CLUSTERS?
Career Clusters are broad occupational groupings of specific industry based jobs that provide a way for schools to organize instruction and student experiences around sixteen broad categories encompassing virtually all occupations. Career Cluster divided into career pathways, career majors, and courses to help a student schedule curriculum to best meet their needs.
Career Clusters help connect:
- Today’s preparation to tomorrow’s careers
- Academic, technical and employability skills
- Educational systems
Start your career journey by choosing one of the following Career Clusters
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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.
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Designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the build environment.
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Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.
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Planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations.
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Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.
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Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.
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Preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.