1. Career Cluster
Manufacturing

2. Definition
Jobs in the manufacturing career cluster involve 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.

3. What type of jobs do you think are in this career cluster?

4. Types of Jobs Factory production worker Millwright
Instrument control technician
Electrical equipment installer
Business machine repairer
Quality control technician
Instrument maker
Sheet metal worker

5. Considering a Job in Manufacturing?
Do you enjoy creating or designing things?
Are you good at visualizing concepts and ideas?
Would you like to work in a factory?
Do you have good manual dexterity?
Do you enjoy learning about and using new technology?

6. Career Pathways The manufacturing career cluster has four pathways:
Precision metal production
Precision technology processes
Electromechanical installation and maintenance
Production, design, operations, and maintenance

7. Precision Metal Production
This field includes a variety of metalworking jobs.
Jobs include:
Foundry workers
Sheet metal workers
Tool and die makers
Machine operator

8. Precision Technology Processes
In this pathway, computers and computer-aided systems are used to design, create, and assemble detailed, high-quality products.
Jobs include:
Optical goods workers
Medical appliance workers
Quality control technicians
Pattern and model makers
Instrument makers

9. Electromechanical Installation and Maintenance
This field includes all jobs involved with installing, maintaining, and repairing devices that use electricity, from cellular phones to nuclear power generators.
Jobs include:
Biomedical equipment technician
Laser systems technician
Computer maintenance technician
Computer installer
Business machine repairer
Industrial electronic installer
Meter installer or repairer
Utility manager
Power generating and reactor plant operators
Instrument control technicians

10. Production Designs, Operations, and Maintenance
This pathway includes all of the tasks required to set up and run a manufacturing plant.
Jobs include:
Industrial and manufacturing engineers
Process control technicians,
Automated manufacturing technicians
Plastics production workers
Boilermakers
Clothing production workers

11. Educational Requirements
After taking CTE classes in manufacturing, you could pursue any number of opportunities including:
On-the-job training in manufacturing plants
A two-year college degree in manufacturing technology, technical systems, electrical technology or industrial technology maintenance
A four-year college degree in aerospace manufacturing, manufacturing engineering or fabrication technologies