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Manufacturing A career in manufacturing is for you if you like to build things, take things apart, or design items. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Manufacturing is... designing, transforming, and processing materials into a product to make life better. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

What is a Career Pathway? Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved According to Hull (2004), a pathway is defined as “a coherent, articulated sequence of rigorous academic and career/technical courses, commencing in the ninth grade and leading to an associate degree, baccalaureate degree and beyond, an industry recognized certificate, and/or licensure.” career_clusters.pdf

Manufacturing Pathways Production Manufacturing Production Process Development Maintenance, Installation, and Repair Quality Assurance Logistics and Inventory Control Health, Safety, and Environmental Assurance Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Production Pathway In this pathway you will make the parts from raw materials and assemble the products. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Career in Production Pathway Mechanical Engineering Technologists Team Assemblers Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Process Development Pathway In this pathway you will design and plan how to make a part or product. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Careers in Manufacturing Process Development Industrial Engineering Technicians Industrial Engineers Purchasing Agents Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Maintenance, Installation, and Repair Pathway This pathway worker repairs and maintains the equipment to make the parts. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Careers in Maintenance, Installation, and Repair Maintenance Repairer Industrial Electronic Installers Electrician Biomedical Equipment Technician Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Quality Assurance Pathway These are the people that inspect the parts and their performance. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Careers in Quality Assurance Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Quality Control Analysts Electronics Engineering Technicians Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Logistics and Inventory Control Pathway This pathway has people that order the materials needed to produce the parts and products made in the plant. They also check the material as it arrives at the plant and gets it to the machine when needed. They are responsible to ship the products out to the customers. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Careers in Logistics and Inventory Control Logistics Engineers Transportation Managers Storage and Distribution Managers Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Health, Safety, and Environmental Assurance Pathways Employees in this pathway oversee the safe working conditions in the plant. They also maintain the necessary materials for all governmental requirements. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

Careers in Health, Safety, and Environmental Assurance Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Industrial Safety and Health Engineers Environmental Engineers Copyright © Texas Education Agency, All rights reserved

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