What can CTE in Rhode Island offer you?
You have a particular interest in a a certain skill and you think you might like to explore it as your career. Throughout Rhode Island, you can find a course of study through CTE that can help you attain your goal. We refer these courses as Career Clusters.
Career clusters are broad categories that encompass virtually all occupations from entry through professional levels. Think of career clusters as windows to the future — your future. Each window offers a view to all the possibilities and potential embodied by a particular field of study or career path. So, even if you don’t know “what you want to be when you grow up” you may find that you are drawn to one or more career clusters. Career clusters can help you zero in on your likes and dislikes and start thinking about how you can match your interests and passions to a rewarding profession.
The United States Department of Education has identified the following 16 career clusters that represent all occupational possibilities:
* Agriculture and Natural Resources
Planning and managing agriculture, food, fiber, and natural resources systems.
Possible career choices: mining engineer, geologist, landscape architect, veterinarian.*
* Architecture and Construction
Designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining physical structures and the built environment.
Possible career choices: architect, electrician, civil engineer, HVAC technician.
* Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.
Possible career choices: interior designer, fashion designer, cinematographer, journalist, web designer.
* Business and Administration
Planning, managing, and providing administrative support, information processing, accounting, and human resource management services and related management support services.
Possible career choices: accountant, personnel manager, small business entrepreneur, executive administrative secretary, data base manager.
* Education and Training
Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.
Possible career choices: college professor, elementary or secondary school teacher, child care worker, psychologist, physical trainer.
* Finance
Planning, managing and providing banking, investment, financial planning, and insurance services.
Possible career choices: stock broker, bank manager, international finance specialist, insurance adjuster.
* Government and Public Administration
Planning, managing and providing government, legislative, administrative and regulatory services and related general purpose government services at the federal, state, and local levels.
Possible career choices: homeland security specialist, environmental and pollution control technician, legislator, tax assessor.
* Health Science
Planning, managing, and providing diagnostic, therapeutic, information and environmental services in health care.
Possible career choices: cardiologist, chiropractor, speech pathologist, paramedic, hospital administrator, nurse, sonographer.
* Hospitality and Tourism
Planning, managing, and providing lodging, food, recreation, convention and tourism, and related planning and support services.
Possible career choices: travel agent, athletic and event director, pastry chef, hotel manager, tour and tourism director.
* Human Services
Planning, managing and providing human services including social and related community services.
Possible career choices: massage therapist, social service worker, dietician, director of family and community services, consumer credit counselor.
* Information Technology
Designing, developing, managing and supporting hardware, software, multimedia and systems integration services.
Possible career choices: WAN/LAN technician, software engineer, technical writer, webmaster, programmer/analyst.
* Law and Public Safety
Planning, managing, and providing judicial, legal, and protective services, including professional and technical support services in the fire protection and criminal justice systems.
Possible career choices: judge, lawyer, firefighter, forensic expert, detective, U.S. marshal.
* Manufacturing
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.
Possible career choices: labor relations manager, quality control technician, industrial and manufacturing engineer, electronics installer/repairer.
* Retail/Wholesale Sales and Service
Planning, managing, and performing wholesaling and retailing services and related marketing and distribution support services including merchandise/product management and promotion.
Possible career choices: real estate agent, advertising executive, international distribution manager, e-commerce specialist, public relations writer.
* Scientific Research and Engineering
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.
Possible career choices: oceanographer, environmental engineer, biotechnician, physicist, aerospace engineer.
*Transportation, Distribution, and Logistic Services
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.
Possible career choices: safety analyst, urban planner, pilot, air traffic controller, logistics manager, marketing manager, locomotive engineer, warehousing manager.
