Career Research Notes

Step 1: Take the Career Cluster Survey

Identify the Career Cluster(s) that best fits your personality, skills and interests by taking
the Career Cluster Survey. Download
athttp://www.21things4students.net/downloads/career_prep/careerclustersurvey_201306
08_142357_1.pdf
My Top Cluster:
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

View the video about your top Career Cluster at Careerinfonet.org

Video Name: Scientific Research and Engineering Videos
Video Link: http://wpc.2a70.edgecastcdn.net/002A70/CareerVideos/00-0000.15.mp4
Citation Information: Copyright: 2016 State of Minnesota

Include information about the top Career Cluster that matches your
personality/skills/interests in your multi-media presentation.

Additional information I want to include:

It can take you where ever you want to. It is an exciting and challenging job.

Step 2: Research your Career Cluster

Visit the CareerShip siteat http://mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/index.cfmand search by Career
Cluster (using results from your survey above). Locate three possible careers within your cluster, including details
about career descriptions, tasks, interests, education, knowledge, skills, and etc. for use in your multi-media
presentation.

Category
Career
Description

Career 1
Apply theory and principles of
civil engineering in planning,
designing, and overseeing
construction and maintenance
of structures and facilities
under the direction of
engineering staff or physical
scientists.

Tasks

Calculate dimensions, square

footage, profile and component
specifications, and material
quantities using calculator or

Career 2
Lay out, build, test,
troubleshoot, repair, and
modify developmental and
production electronics
components, parts,
equipment, and systems,
such as computer equipment,
missile control
instrumentation, electron
tubes test equipment, and
machine toll numerical
controls, applying principles
and theories of electronics,
electrical circuitry,
engineering mathematics,
electronic and electrical
testing, and physics. Usually
work under direction of
engineering staff.
Test electronic units, using
standard test equipment, and
analyze results to evaluate
performance and determine

Career 3
Research, design, develop, and
test operating systems-level
software, compilers, and network
distribution software for medical,
industrial , military,
communications, aerospace,
business, scientific, and general
computing applications. Set
operational specifications and
formulate and analyze software
requirements. Apply principles
and techniques of computer
science, engineering, and
mathematical analysis.

Confer with systems analysts,

engineers, programmers and
others to design system and to
obtain information on the project

Interests

Education

Knowledge

computer.

need for adjustment.

Investigative- investigative
occupations frequently involve
working with ideas, and
searching for facts and figuring
out problems mentally.
Education- most occupations in
this zone require training in
vocational schools, related onthe-job experience, or an
associates degree.
Administration and
management knowledge of
business and management
principles involved in strategic
planning, resource allocation,
human resources modeling,
leadership technique,
production methods, and
coordination of people and
resources.

Realistic, investigative,
conventional

Skills

Education- most occupations

in this zone require training in
vocational schools, related onthe-job experience, or an
associates degree.
Mathematics knowledge of
arithmetic, algebra,
geometry, calculus, statistics,
and their applications.

limitations and capabilities,

performance requirements and
interfaces.
Realistic, investigative,
conventional

Education- most occupations in

this zone require training in
vocational schools, related onthe-job experience, or an
associates degree.
English language, mathematics,
and computers

Active listening, critical thinking,

complex problem solving,
troubleshooting

Other:___________

Step 3: Research Career Outlook

Locate the nature of work, working conditions, education, job outlook, and earnings for your top three careers using

the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/and/or the O*NET
Database at http://www.onetonline.org/
Category
Nature of Work

Career 1

Career 2

Career 3

Civil engineers generally work in a

variety of locations and conditions.
Many spend time outdoors at
construction sites so that they can
monitor operations or solve
problems onsite. Most work full
time.

Electrical and electronics engineers

work in industries including
research-and development,
engineering services,
manufacturing,
telecommunications, and the
federal government. Electrical and
electronics engineers generally
work indoors in offices. However,
they may have to visit sites to
observe a problem or a piece of
complex equipment.

Computer hardware engineers

usually work in research
laboratories that build and test
various types of computer
models. Most work in high-tech
manufacturing firms.

Working
Conditions

Civil engineers design, build,

supervise, operate, and maintain
construction projects and systems
in the public and private sector,
including roads, buildings, airports,
tunnels, dams, bridges, and
systems for water supply and
sewage treatment.

Electrical engineers design,

develop, test, and supervise the
manufacturing of electrical
equipment, such as electric motors,
radar and navigation systems,
communications systems, and
power generation
equipment. Electronics engineers
design and develop electronic
equipment, such as broadcast and
communications systemsfrom
portable music players to global
positioning systems (GPSs).

Computer hardware engineers

research, design, develop, and
test computer systems and
components such as processors,
circuit boards, memory devices,
networks, and routers. These
engineers discover new
directions in computer hardware,
which generate rapid advances
in computer technology.

Job Outlook

Employment of civil engineers is

projected to grow 8 percent from
2014 to 2024, about as fast as the

Employment of electrical and

electronics engineers is projected to

Employment of computer
hardware engineers is projected
to grow 3 percent from 2014 to

average for all occupations. As

infrastructure continues to age, civil
engineers will be needed to manage
projects to rebuild bridges, repair
roads, and upgrade levees and
dams as well as airports and
building structures of all types.

Earnings

The median annual wage for civil

engineers was $82,220 in May
2015.

are employed.

2024, slower than the average

for all occupations. A limited
number of engineers will be
needed to meet the demand for
new computer hardware because
more technological innovation
takes place with software than
with hardware.

The median annual wage for

electrical and electronics engineers
was $95,230 in May 2015.

The median annual wage for

computer hardware engineers
was $111,730 in May 2015.

show little or no change from 2014

to 2024. Change in employment is
expected to be tempered by slow
growth or decline in most
manufacturing sectors in which
electrical and electronics engineers

Step 4: Compare Your Top Three

Careers
Use the Career One-Stop to compare your top
three careers. Key the career in the search
box, then click the link provided to get more
information and view a video. Create a
spreadsheet and graph that compares your top
three careers on salary. Include the
spreadsheet/graph in your multi-media
presentation. (Click here for a "Help" document
for this task").

Insert a screenshot of your spreadsheet/graph below:

Step 5: Create and Share your Multi-Media Presentation

Create a multi-media presentation that includes information from Steps 1-4.
Your presentation should include:
A. Research gathered from Steps 1-4, including Career Cluster, Top 3,
descriptions, skills, nature of work, work conditions, education/skills, job
outlook, salary/graph spreadsheet comparison, and etc.
B. Citations
C. Creative Commons
D. Copyright friendly images
E. Anything else you feel adds to the presentation's visual appeal
Post your presentation to your online presence. NOTE: This presentation may
be used in the "Video Creation" Thing.

Web address where I posted my presentation: