Manufacturing Career Cluster

Introduction

Manufacturing Career Cluster icon The Manufacturing Career Cluster® focuses focuses on 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.

Career Cluster Pathways

"null" The Manufacturing Career Cluster® has five career cluster pathways to guide students to their desired occupation in this field.

Production
Manufacturing Production Process Development
Maintenance, Installation and Repair
Quality Assurance
Logistics and Inventory Control
Health, Safety and Environmental Assurance

Source: Advance CTE

To help students learn more about careers in manufacturing, download and distribute the Manufacturing College and Career Planning Guide. The guide makes an excellent critical reading assignment for students taking the Practicum in Manufacturing course.

Teacher Resources

Professional Associations

Manufacturing teachers should get involved in at least one career and technical education (CTE) professional association. They are excellent sources of career cluster-specific teaching tools, ideas, networking, and mentors.