EXPLORING CAREERS – CAREER CLUSTERS
                  Career Clusters are categories of jobs or occupations in the same field of work that require 
                  similar skills. You can use Career Clusters to help focus education plans toward obtaining 
                  the necessary knowledge, skills, and training for success in a particular field. Following are 
                  16 career clusters with descriptions and related career pathways.
                                                                    including visual and performing arts and 
                                                                    design, journalism, and entertainment 
                            Agriculture, Food and                   services.
                              Natural Resources                     •   A/V Technology & Film
                  Processing, production, distribution,             •   Journalism & Broadcasting
                  financing, and development of agricultural        •   Performing Arts
                  commodities and natural resources.                •   Printing Technology
                  •   Agribusiness Systems                          •   Telecommunications
                  •   Animal Systems                                •   Visual Arts
                  •   Environmental Service Systems
                  •   Food Products & Processing Systems
                  •   Natural Resources Systems
                  •   Plant Systems                                 Business, Management and Administration
                  •   Power, Structural & Technical Systems         Planning, organizing, directing and 
                                                                    evaluating functions essential to productive 
                                                                    business operations.
                                                                    •   Administrative Support
                        Architecture and Construction               •   Business Information Management
                  Designing, planning, managing, building           •   General Management
                  and maintaining the built environment.            •   Human Resources Management
                  •   Construction                                  •   Operations Management 
                  •   Design/Pre-Construction
                  •   Maintenance/Operations 
                                                                              Education and Training
                                                                    Providing education and training services, 
                        Arts, Audio-Video Technology                and related learning support services. 
                             and Communications                     •   Administration & Administrative Support
                  Creating, exhibiting, performing, writing,        •   Professional Support Services
                  and publishing multimedia content                 •   Teaching/Training
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                                  Finance                             Hospitality and Tourism
                  Planning/managing finances and              Operating restaurants and other food 
                  investments; managing banking,              services, lodging, attractions, recreation 
                  insurance, and business finances.           events and travel-related services.
                  •   Banking Services                        •   Lodging
                  •   Business Finance                        •   Recreation, Amusements & Attractions
                  •   Insurance                               •   Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services
                  •   Securities & Investments                •   Travel & Tourism
                  Government and Public Administration                    Human Services
                  Performing government functions at the      Providing services for individuals and 
                  local, state and federal levels.            families and serving human needs.
                  •   Foreign Service                         •   Consumer Services
                  •   Governance                              •   Counseling & Mental Health Services
                  •   National Security                       •   Early Childhood Development Services
                  •   Planning                                •   Family & Community Services
                  •   Public Management & Administration      •   Personal Care Services 
                  •   Regulation
                  •   Revenue & Taxation 
                                                                      Information Technology
                                                              Designing, supporting, and managing 
                              Health Science                  hardware, software, multimedia and 
                  Providing diagnostic and therapeutic        systems integration services.
                  services, health information, support       •   Information Support & Services
                  services, and biotechnology research and    •   Network Systems
                  development.                                •   Programming & Software Development
                  •   Biotechnology Research & Development    •   Web & Digital Communications 
                  •   Diagnostic Services
                  •   Health Informatics                        The CareerOneStop has online videos 
                  •   Support Services                          about each of the Career Clusters. Learn 
                  •   Therapeutic Services                      more: https://www.careeronestop.org/
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                              Law, Public Safety,                        Science, Technology, Engineering 
                           Corrections and Security                                and Mathematics
                   Providing legal, public safety, protective        Performing scientific research and 
                   services and homeland security.                   professional and technical services, 
                   •   Correction Services                           including laboratory and testing services, 
                   •   Emergency & Fire Management                   and research and development services.
                     Services                                        •   Engineering & Technology
                   •   Law Enforcement Services                      •   Science & Mathematics
                   •   Legal Services
                   •   Security & Protective Services
                                                                             Transportation, Distribution 
                                                                                     and Logistics
                                 Manufacturing                       Managing movement of people, materials, and 
                   Processing of materials into intermediate         goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water. 
                   or final products.                                •   Facility & Mobile Equipment 
                   •   Health, Safety & Environmental                   Maintenance
                     Assurance                                       •   Health, Safety & Environmental
                   •   Logistics & Inventory Control                  Management
                   •   Maintenance, Installation                     •   Logistics Planning & Management 
                     and Repair                                         Services
                   •   Manufacturing Production Process              •   Sales & Service
                     Development                                     •   Transportation Operations
                   •   Production                                    •   Transportation Systems/Infrastructure
                   •   Quality Assurance                             •   Planning, Management & Regulation
                                                                     •   Warehousing & Distribution Center
                                                                     •   Operations
                                                                     Source: Based on the national Career Clusters® 
                                   Marketing                         Framework - Advance CTE: State Leaders 
                   Performing marketing activities to reach          Connecting Learning to Work
                                                                     https://careertech.org/ 
                   organizational objectives.
                   •   Marketing Communications                     To learn about programs of study related to the Career 
                   •   Marketing Management                         Clusters, visit WV Department of Education Career Technical 
                   •   Marketing Research                           Education - Program Area Documents and Programs of 
                   •   Merchandising                                Study: http://careertech.k12.wv.us/OCTIWebsiteRevisions/
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