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You are probably tired of people asking, What do you want to be when you grow

up? Some students know exactly what they want to do, but most havent got a

clue. The idea of choosing a career is intimidating, and it feels like its far in the

future. Theres little time in the commotion of classes, activities, sports, work, and fun to

think about what career you want to pursue after graduation from high school or college.

It pays, though, to take the time to think about your future career. The truth is that

youll save a lot of time and money if you have a direction in life, as opposed to just

nishing high school and worrying about it later. Its really a matter of dollars and

sense. If you choose a career direction now, you can select classes and activities that will

make you highly marketableand highly paidwhen you look for work. And it only

makes sense to have an idea of what you want to do rather than just wandering aimlessly

through school.

Nobody wants that. Not your parents. Not your teachers. Not your friends. They want

you tobesomebody. They want you to use your talents, follow your interests, and pursue

your ambitions to become great at what you love to

do in life. Thats what you should want, too.

So the time is right to take charge of your life and

think about the future. You need a plan of action

for how to get from where you are today to where

you want to be in a few years: starting out on a

personally and professionally rewarding career.

Thats what AchieveTexas in Actionis all about. The

magazine you are holding is one of 16 guides to different

career clusters. It is designed to help you make smarter

decisions about your education and career options.

Youve heard the phrase, Information is power. Well, this magazine is power. It puts

you squarely in charge of your future, from creating your Texas Achievement Plan (TAP)

(see page 5) to choosing college or some other form of education or training after high

school. Work with your parents, teachers, and counselors to make decisions, but remind

everyone that it isyourfuture at stake and thatyouare taking charge of it.

Get information. Get a plan. Get a clue about your career direction. Its all right if that

direction changes; choosing a direction now is better than having no direction at all. Just

promise yourself that youll make smart choices about where to focus your time, energy,

and passion.

Were proud that you are taking steps to plan your career direction, and we pledge that

your school, teachers, and counselors will do all they can to help you make wise choices

on your plans for success. We wish you the best of luck on your journey.

Dear Texas Student,

Youve HeardTHaT InformaTIon Is

power. well, THIs

magazIne Is power.

IT puTs You In cHargeof Your fuTure.

WELCOME TO AChEvETExA ACTO


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Mnfng Mkng ng.aw materials become products such as cars,

computer chips, cell phoes, cotact leses,

cosmetics, couches, clothes, cady, ad more.

Employees who create those products rae rom

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parts to executives i syscrapers overseei lobaloperatios. epetitive tass that typically occur

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people ad processes, the mauacturi could

be the riht career cluster or you.

Gear Up

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exas has lauched a strateic pla that

tarets state eorts o six idustry clusters

that ecoomists say will be the eies o

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s you pla your uture, thi about a career i

oe o these ew ad emeri sectors.

Advanced echnologies & Manufacturing -Moleculartechnologist -Sensor/roboticsengineer

Aerospace & Defense -Aerospaceengineer -Unmannedautonomousvehicleengineer

Biotechnology & Life Sciences -Bioinformaticsspecialist-Biocontainmenttechnician

Information & Computer echnology -Systemintegrator-Computergamedeveloper

Petroleum Rening & Chemical Products -Petrochemicalengineer-Reneryprocessdesignengineer

Energy -Wind/solarenergyengineer-Geophysical(oilandgas)prospector

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E f Etoward success is

mai smart decisiosabout your educatioad career optios.

When I was in high school, says SherylKovach, Human Resources Directorof Environmental Services at Phillips

Services Corporation in Houston, the only

job that I even knew about was receptionistwork. I didnt aspire to be a manager orentrepreneur because I really didnt knowabout those disciplines. I was just looking

forward to graduating. That was it. I reallydidnt know what it was I wanted to do.

Sound familiar? You, too, may not have aclue about what to do with your life.

Dont worry, though. Help is right herein your hands. This issue ofAchieveTexasin Actionis your guide to education andcareer choices that can shape your future.Its one of 16 career cluster guides publishedby AchieveTexas, Texass college and careerinitiative (www.AchieveTexas.org). This

edition is all about manufacturing.Lets start with some basic steps you should

take to get organized, plan for the future, andstart on the road to success.

Assess Your Talents and Abilities

First, you need to gure out some thingsabout yourself. This step can be as simpleas writing down a list of your interests (likevideo games or rock climbing), your hopesand dreams (like helping others), your talents

(like writing or math ability), and yourweaknesses (if youre squeamish at the sight

of blood, for example, you might not want tobe a doctor).

Follow up on this informal exercise bytaking some formal assessments to determine

your interests and abilities. Commonassessments include the Kuder (www.kuder.

com), Bridges (www.bridges.com), CareerCruising (www.careercruising.com ), COIN(www.coinedu.com), and Myers-Briggs(www.myersbriggs.org) tests. These tools givemost of our students some career explorationawareness by the time they enter eighth orninth grade.

Ask your principal or counselor about thecareer assessments available at your school.

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more THan 892,000Texans work In THe manufacTurIng IndusTrY,

wHIcH offers THe HIgHesT compensaTIon

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esearc Your Career Options

Once youve learned about yourself, learn moreabout your career options. There are thousands of

occupations out there of which you may never haveheard, including some that do not exist because thetechnologies have not yet been developed. Fortunately,there are plenty of resources (see inside back cover) for

you, and they are as close as the nearest computer.

One of the most helpful is the Occupation andSkill Computer-Assisted Researcher (or OSCAR,for short) from the Texas Workforce Commission.

It is a vast database of information about hundredsof professions. You can nd OSCAR at www.ioscar.org/tx. Another good place to start isO*NET (www.onetcenter.org).

Gather information about what you can earn in thecareers in which you are interested. Find out whetherthe careers you are considering have a promising

futureare they adding or losing jobs? Check out theeducation youll need to enter those careers.

The chart on pages 1011 presents data on 25

possible professions. Remember, though, that theseare just a sampling of careers available in the cluster.Go to OSCAR, O*NET, or another resource toinvestigate other careers.

Create Your TAP

Once you have a better idea of your interests andabilities, you are ready to plan for high school andbeyond. The Texas Achievement Plan, or TAP, is yourplan for preparing for the career of your choice.

First students choose a cluster, not a particulargoal. In the eight grade a student might choose

Manufacturing and then later become interested

in a narrower eld such as electrical engineering oravionics.

The program of study does not stop with graduationfrom high school, a student could then pursue a two-

year degree a mechanical engineer or a chemist.

You should set up a TAP that takes you through

career preparation after high school, revising yourblueprint as needed as you go along. If your careerplans include college study, ask your counselorabout tests required for admission to college,such as the PSAT, SAT, or ACT.

eek Out pecial Programs

Many Texas schools offer innovative programs toprepare students for specic career areas. Theseinclude career and technical education (CTE)programs, academies, and magnet schools. Once

youve decided on a career direction, ask yourcounselor about special programs in your area thatmay provide related experiences in your chosen career.

Samuel Odamah enrolled in the architecture

program at the University of Texas at Arlington,having found his career calling at Dallass SkylineCareer Development Center, a high school with careerprograms in a number of different elds.

Skyline is one of the few schools in the country

that offer programs in architecture, Odamah says.In some careers, Skyline students could even getprofessional certications or licenses right in high

school. It was a great place because you could nd outwhether you really wanted to enter a career.

Odamah says that the career cluster system atSkyline taught him the value of planning for his careerand his life. We learned about planning ahead, hesays. Those who plan things ahead of time dont haveto catch up. Its just a matter of what a person wants

out of life. Planning gives you a better platformfor success.

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Acareer cluster is a group of occupations and broadindustries that share certain features. The manufacturingcluster, for example, includes welder and production

manager. Texas has adopted 16 career clusters (see backcover), the same ones designated and developed by the U.S.Department of Education.

As the graphic below shows, within each cluster areprograms of study, which are more specic groupings ofsimilar occupations. Think of a program of study as beinglike a college major. In manufacturing, you might choose tofocus on Health, Safety, and Environmental Assurance in highschool and college.

elated Occupations

Each program of study includes a range of related occupations;safety coordinator is an example of an occupation that fallswithin Health, Safety, and Environmental Assurance.

Choosing a career cluster and program of study will helpyou acquire the knowledge and skills youll need to enter your

chosen career. It will allow you to follow a seamless course ofstudy from high school into college or other postsecondaryeducation or training. The electives you choose cancomplement your core academic classes to prepare you for thechallenges of the real world of work.

eiew Your TAP Eac Year

Dont get locked into a cluster and program of study you dontlike. You should reexamine your TAP at least once a year andchange programs or clusters if your interests have changed.Choosing a cluster and program of study, even if it changeslater, means that youll have a direction in life. The idea is to beaware of whats going on in your life and take control of yourfuture. When you know where your education is going and

why, your classes will become more meaningful. Youll makecontact with students, teachers, and employers who share yourinterest in a particular career area. Youll have experiences thatare fun and exciting. Youll be on your way to success in school,in a career, and in life.

exas, s (exas chievemet las) will uide studets hih school adcollee experieces (seenextpage). s part o this process, studets ocus theirstudies withi a chose career cluster ad proram o study.

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P R O G R A M S O F S T U D Y E X A M P L E O C C U P A T I O N S

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Maintenance, Installation, and Repair

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ATAP is a Texas Achievement Plan, and its asmart idea to create one to guide your studiesthrough high school and into college or other

postsecondary education or training. Your TAPrepresents your chance to take control of your education

and career choices. Working with your parents/guardians and guidance counselor, you can pick thecluster on which you want to focus your studies as well

as your career and postsecondary education goals. Dontworry. You arent locked into your choices. You shouldrevisit your TAP at least once a year to update it. Youcan change clusters, programs of study, and career andpostsecondary goals as your interests and ambitions

change. Having a planeven if it changesis smarterthan having no idea of what you want to do and why youare attending school. Heres how to ll out your TAP.

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Manufacturing means creating a nished product fromraw materials. It turns ideas into reality. Careers inmanufacturing require the ability to picture in your

mind what has to happen, and the practical skills to get projectscompleted as efciently and effectively as possible.

Manufacturing is a eld for people who can bridge the abstractwith physical reality, says Michael Odell, Executive Director of the

Ingenuity Center at the University of Texas at Tyler. The abilityto problem-solve and visualize an end product and the smallersteps necessary to achieve the creation of that product is veryimportant.

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of Tecnology

UT Tylers Ingenuity Centeris dedicated to promotingthe technological education

of Texass middle andhigh school students. The

centers interest in the manufacturing clusterreects the increasing importance of technology in themanufacturing process.

Advances in robotics and computerization are boostingproductivity and changing what workers in manufacturing careers

do and how they prepare for their jobs. Manufacturing is essentialfor a healthy economy. It is not simply a matter of production;manufacturing is about jobs that require innovation and higherlevels of education. Innovation is key to being competitive in aglobal economy.

Creatie kills

Michael Bryant, a professor of mechanical engineering at the

University of Texas at Austin, says, Theres a lot of creativity inthis eld, because youre literally creating the things that are goingto be used all over the world. Your technical skills are like a bag oftools that you have.

Within that general prole, manufacturing offers manydifferent opportunities for different employees. A single product,for example, has designers, engineers, factory workers, safetytechnicians, salespeople, public relations experts, and managers

associated with it in one way or another.

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This is a projection of 10 fast-growing careers in manufacturing in Texas from the year 2006 to 2016 andthe number of new jobs created in each occupation. Note that while the percentage of growth in jobs maybe high, the actual number of jobs created may be low. For example, there will be only 200 new jobs formanufactured building installer created in Texas during the decade that the data covers. Source: TexasWorkforce Commission.

10 Fast-Grwing Careers

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local print shop or specialty metalworking shop, workers candramatically affect the course of their careers and working

conditions by picking one industry rather than another.Its a profession, Bryant notes, not just a job. With a profession,the kind of work you do denes who you are.

For example, Bryant says, the pace of work in manufacturingdepends on which industry you enter. At Apple, they have

developed the iPhone, which has the potential to change theentire phone industry, so engineers at other phone companies arescrambling to keep up with a changing market, he says. But say

youre working for a company that makes oil drilling equipment.The pace isnt such that you have to get this product out in twoweeks, but youve still got to produce.

Eciting Employment

Manufacturing is as important to the nations future as it couldbe to yours if you pick the cluster. Although the number ofmanufacturing jobs in Texas is growing, nationally, manufacturingrepresents a declining share of the gross domestic product. TheNational Association of Manufacturers (NAM), however, reportsthat every dollar of manufactured goods produced generates $1.43of additional economic activity. Even more important, says NAM,

manufacturers are responsible for more than 70 percent of allbusiness research and development, which ultimately benets theentire economy.

New product research is where the future of the economylies, and NAM argues that it also makes for excitingemployment if you choose a career in manufacturing.

Theres a sense that youre making something forAmerica, says Kat Snodgrass, NAMs associate

director of media relations. Itshands-on, cutting-edge, andrewarding.

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Job Prospects

Being successful in todays job market requires the ability to innovateand stay current with ever changing market conditions. Knowing theneeds of companies and having the right expertise is essential. Companies

must comply with government regulations. As a result, industrial safetyis a high demand eld. Other high demand elds include advancedmanufacturing, engineering technicians, and machine operators.Salaries range from $20,000-$30,000 for entry level positions. Salariesare even higher in management positions for these areas and can rangefrom $40,000-$50,000. Salaries will increase as workers become moreexperienced. (For more specic information on manufacturing jobs,

prospects, and pay, see 25 Career Choices on page 10.)

Dene Wo You Are

Because manufacturing encompasses so much, from the worldslargest pharmaceutical and energy companies right down to the

This is a chart of hourly wages for 10 of the top-paying careers in the manufacturing cluster in Texas.Note how entry-level wages are often much lower than pay for the average worker and experienced workersin each profession. Source: Texas Workforce Commission.

10 Tp-Paying Careers

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s manufacturing the right cluster for you? Take this quiz to nd out.

Answer yes or no to the following questions.

If you answered yes to ve or more of the above questions, manufacturing may be the right cluster for you.To get a more specic and scientic measurement of your attitudes and abilities, ask your guidance counseloror teacher about taking a career assessment test or interest inventory.

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P

at Dennis, an electrical engineer whowanted to become his own boss, opened

Red River Trophy and Engraving inDenison in 2000. While you might thinksmall-scale manufacturing services likeengraving would primarily involve hands-on detail work, Dennis himself says he wassurprised at the degree to which his successdepended on the use of computers.

In fact, he says computer knowledge is the

No. 1 skill you need to enter the eld. Beingcomfortable with a computer is essential, hesays. There are dozens of different types ofsoftware, so if youre afraid to use a computer,this is not a eld for you.

High-Tch Jos

Kat Snodgrass, associate director of mediarelations with the National Association ofManufacturers, says the trends Dennis sees

in his business affect working conditions inmanufacturing across the board.

Currently manufacturing jobs areextremely technical, extremely skilledproduction jobs, says Snodgrass. Its not

your grandfathers factory these days. Weuse robots and high-tech computers. Forthe most part, you can no longer get a job inmanufacturing right out of high school.

Aalytical ad Logical

People in manufacturing typically t acertain high-tech prole, says MichaelBryant, a professor of mechanical engineeringat the University of Texas at Austin. Theperson tends to be analytical, logical, careful,and neat, he says.

To be sure, an interest in math and sciencewill help you in any manufacturing career,but Snodgrass stresses that the reality of thecluster is that its not just production jobs.

It encompasses anything that is man-made, she says. So thats anything frompharmaceuticals to computer chips tobillboards to plastic products. Some arent

cool and sexy, but they are products that weuse every day.

NOTYour Grandfathers

On THe JOb

What Employers Want

Hds-o ExpEEEIn manuacturing and other technical felds,

hand-on experience is essential. Employersvalue experience gained through internships

and apprenticeships. Michael Odell, Executive

Director o the Ingenuity Center at the University

o Texas at Tyler in the College o Engineering

and Computer Science points out that

interships are equally valuable or students to

explore a career and determine i a career in

manuacturing is a good ft with employment

and personal goals.

ompE LEyThe most important thing were looking or

is experience, agrees Robert Ashcrot, amanager at North Texas Plastics in Sanger.

But computer literacy is the other top priority.

You need to have a amiliarity, preerably with

whatever sotware is associated with the job

you are seeking.

mLskManuacturing companies such as North Texas

Plastics hire employees or a range o positions,

such as machine operators, quality assurance

personnel, warehouse and inventory controllers,

and machine maintenance technicians.

We look or someone who looks neatand well-groomed, and who shows up on

time, Ashcrot says. We want somebody

who can wear a lot o dierent hats, whos

able to multitask and do several things at one

time. Also, we need somebody whos able to

communicate with people well.

Many manuacturing careers begin with

apprenticeships, so employers seek young

people who are trainable and eager to learn.

We want somebody whos smart enough to

learn, says Kirk Darroch, vice president o the

North Texas Woodworkers Association.

EvyIn manuacturing careers, innovation is a

constant, so anything you can do to enhance

your problem solving skills is to your beneft.

Darroch gives the example o custom work,

such as cabinetry or metalwork, in which clients

contract on a job-by-job basis. That takes more

creativity, says Darroch. The client comes to

you and says, This is what I envision, and then

you produce it.

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A Varity of Opportuitis

The careers that are essential for makingsuch products include engineering and

design positions, production-line jobs,research positions, and jobs operatingindustrial robots, machines, and computers.

There are also careers you might notthink of, such as those held by safety experts

who inspect factories. Factory employeesmay specialize in fabric and apparel, metals,wood, electromechanical production,engraving, and even food production.

Risk ad Chag

Some entrepreneurs, like Dennis, start theirown businesses. Learning how to operate

a business and work for yourself is the bestthing about engraving, he says. Mostengraving companies are small. We doabout $150,000 a year in sales.

Dennis points out that while such smallenterprises offer a lot of freedom, they comewith some risks. Its kind of like the retail

industry in which you have peak seasons,

he says. Our peak seasons revolve aroundthe school year, and the other times yourelucky if you can pay the electric bills. There

are some engraving stores that actually closein the summer.

Whether you are interested in a

manufacturing career at a small companyor a large corporation to be competivein todays job market it is important toembrace life-long learning. In todays fast-paced global economy the one thing youcan count on is change. Being willing toconstantly learn and adapting to changesare key to success in the 21st Century global

economy.There will be advances in science that will

lead to new technologies. The speed at whichthese advances take place are accelerating ata faster and faster pace. New technologies arebeing introduced into manufacturing. Thesuccessful professional in this environment

is someone who is interested and willing toconstantly learn new skills.

Innovation is the key to success.Manufacturing provides a unique outlet forcertain kinds of students to demonstrate

their creativity and innovative ideas.Designing and creating innovative productsis both art and science. Scaling up and

manufacturing on large scales requireshigher level thinking skills, especiallyproblem solving.

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Robotics DesigneR

Robotics are increasingly being

used in manuacturing to make

production run more efciently.

And, though in some ways robots

take the place o human hands,

manuacturing companies

still need experts to designrobots and ensure that they run

properly. New trends in robotics

include voice interactive robots

and robotic efciency to save

energy (robots can work aster

and with less waste o materials

than traditional machinery with

human operators).

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industries that once depended

on actory-line workers to cut

and assemble parts now rely on

computer-aided manuacturing,

or CAM. CAM plays a growingrole in the manuacture o

cars, textiles, plastics, metals,

and other goods. In these

industries, custom programs

are designed by computer

experts with the ability to

understand the requirements o

the manuacturing process and

streamline it through automation.

pRecision machinist

Manuacturing means creating

whole products rom sets o

parts. Precision machinists are

responsible or creating the

parts that make up the whole.

To do their job, machinists must

work rom extremely specifcblueprints drawn up using

CAD (computer-aided design)

or CAM (computer-assisted

manuacturing) programs. Oten

they must program computer

numerically controlled (CNC)

devices to actually machine the

parts rom steel, bronze, graphite,

plastic, or other materials.

As manuacturing enters the

21st century, skilled precision

machinists are in high demand.

automation technician

Someone has to build, install, and

maintain the increasing numbers

o computerized systems used

in modern manuacturing.

Students who love computers

and are good at analyzing and

solving problems are fndingrewarding careers as automation

technicians. Communication

skills are also important; these

technicians work with engineers,

designers, and business clients

to set up and maintain systems

that will perorm as expected

around the clock. Automation

technicians must be able to

ollow engineering specifcations

to the letter and react quickly to

problems as they arise.

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Engineers in biotechnology

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feld to design a variety o

cutting-edge manuacturing

processes. Biotechnology uses

living cells to create useulproducts, including new drugs,

new drought-resistant strains

o crops, or ethanol or uel.

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a thorough grounding in biology

and chemistry to manuacture

these innovative products.

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The nature of manufacturing haschanged, and that has changed theway people prepare for manufacturing

careers. If you like working with yourhands, these careers may still be perfect

for you. In manufacturing, studentsmust master not just the how-tos of

manufacturing, but the whys as well.Nowadays, its not the old sweatshop

work, says Mike Harris, president of theSan Antonio Manufacturers Association.It involves a lot of computer and technicalequipment. Students need to understandhow technology works, and learn thosethings while theyre still in high school. Its

key to their advancement later on.

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basicsreading, writing, and arithmeticthat underlie the complexities of moderntechnology in production facilities.

Even welding has been transformedby the high-tech revolution. Computer-controlled plasma torches are used to cutmultiple pieces of materials, says EdwardHinojosa, a welding instructor at Edinburg

North High School in Edinburg. Youenter or input the parameters intoa computer and away themachine goes, cutting pieceafter piece after piece.

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Applying te asics

Perhaps the most important thing you canlearn in high school is how to apply foundationskills. How do you sand something to get agood nish? How do you make somethingdimensionally correct? How do you use toolssafely, and take care of them? says AnneBernhardt, who teaches a plastics manufacturing

class at Dallass Skyline High School.Her students learn to use computer

graphics applications, computer-aideddesign, and laser engraving, but you cant

program a robot to do what you dont knowhow to do, Bernhardt says. So you haveto start with, how do you do these things

manually? Youve got to learn to be safearound machinery, youve got to have anunderstanding of what the processes are,how they work, and the variables involved.Someone whos just entering numbers into acomputer doesnt have the judgment to say,

You know what? This doesnt make sense.I think that students today dont get a

chance to do very much critical thinking,Bernhardt adds. So career and technicaleducation courses are very important forstudents to get a well-rounded education. The

people to hire are the ones who can think ontheir feet and have a good understanding ofwhat theyre doing.

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manufacturing facilities use gas metal arcwelding, and some of it is robotic. Ourstudents learn the basic principles of how theprocesses work.

Mat and Computer kills

To master modern technology, studentshave to have a strong background in mathand computer skills. Manufacturers areindicating that some of our high schoolstudents do not have the basic qualications,particularly in math, that it takes to operate

some of the machinery, Harris says.Were having a hard time nding peoplewho can work the equipment that is nowused in manufacturing. Youve got to haveentry-level folks coming on board who willbe able to absorb the training thats requiredfor these processes and then develop thehigher skill levels.

how-to Learning

You can start work on these how-to skills,along with your academic skills, while youare still in high school. At many Texas high

schools, students can earn professionalskill certications that can help them ndimmediate employment upon graduation.

The most common high school programsin manufacturing are machining andwelding, but other certications includedriller trainer, erosion control technician,ber optics technician, and refrigerationtechnician. Many school districts also haveagreements with local community collegesthat let students earn college credit for

technical courses while still in high school.At Klein Forest High School in Houston,

machining students learn both manual andcomputer-controlled processes, includingcomputer numerical control (CNC)machining. We spend nine weeks learningmanual machining and nine weeks learningCNC, says Gary Burgess, a machining

teacher at Klein Forest. I teach a classcalled Introduction to Technical andNumerical Control, which is an introto CNC, and another called CNCProgramming. The students learn acomplete manufacturing process.

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Students who live near McAllen, Texas, can study precisionmanufacturing techniques in high school. But theyre not justsitting in a classroom. They can leave school during the day to

learn practical skills in a shop at a local college campus. And in thesummer, they can earn credit by working at a real joband earn realdollars for doing it.

These are the kind of opportunities that open up to you in

extended learning programs. Extended learning is a term coveringa variety of educational experiences that take place outside thetraditional classroom.

eal-World Eperience

It could mean job shadowing, forinstance, in which you follow andobserve a worker in a eld in which youre

interested. You might shadow a welderon the shop oor, seeing exactly whythe specic skills and knowledge youregaining are important, and how youlluse them.

You might nd yourself leaving schoolfor half days to take classes and do lab

work at a local community college,and earn college credit while doing it.

Or you could nd an internship or anapprenticeship, and work for a companywhile earning your diploma. Or it mightbe a combination of these things.

hands-On Learning

In South Texas, for instance, students from

the Mission Consolidated IndependentSchool District learn about precisionmanufacturing by taking coursework atSouth Texas College (STC). This two-

year program prepares high school juniors and seniors for careers inareas such as tool and die making, industrial maintenance, plasticsprocessing, and quality assurance.

Students in the program learn to use machining equipment,

computerized mill and lathe machines, and drafting software, andtake courses in machining mathematics and blueprint reading. Theyget practical experience both in high school courses and at STCsTechnology Center, earning up to 39 hours of college credit at nocost, and receive a precision manufacturing certicate upon highschool graduation.

The program was created with help from area manufacturers. We

got a lot of companies calling, saying that they needed employees forthis area, says Raul Ruiz, a project training specialist at STC. Thecurriculum was designed by the manufacturing companies in thecommunity. Firms involved in the project include General Electric,

Black and Decker, and Panasonic.In the summer, the program

really pays off for students. Wehave a paid internship program for

the students during the summer,Ruiz says. We place them with amanufacturing company. They canearn as much as $1,400 for the six

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weeks, and some students get hired after theinternship. Students who choose to continuecoursework at STC after graduating from

high school can continue at STC to earn anassociates degree in precision manufacturingand a bachelors degree in applied technologyor engineering.

Early Employment

Such arrangements are fairly common

in manufacturing. Dallas-area GarlandHigh School, for example, has a popularmachining program that provides skilledemployees for area industries. We workwith manufacturers in the community to

place students. It can be summer work orafter graduation, says Phillip Gilbreath,director of career and technical education for

Garland Independent School District.In the afternoon, some students can go towork in an industry theyre studying. Andin the second year, in the spring semester,students can go straight to work in themachining industry.

Gary Burgess, a machining teacher at Klein

Forest High School in Houston, says jobprospects are also bright in his area. Thereare lots of opportunities for students whenthey graduate. They can have a job by thespring semester of their senior year, he says.

EE a areerOfOLOOne valuable tool that can help you getready for college and beyond is a careerportfolioa collection of items that

document your achievements both inand out of school, assembled in oneconvenient package.

A career portfolio is not simplya resume, although it can certainlyinclude one. So what should go in acareer portfolio? A variety of things,

depending on your own personalexperiences. It could include transcriptsand grades; writing samples; lettersof recommendation from teachers,mentors, or employers; awards youvereceived; and items that documentother activities, such as internships and

job shadowing experiences.

You need to be specicdates, howmany years, any awards, what theymeant, and who you received themfrom, says Grace Brauchle, who helpsstudents put their portfolios togetheras the career center coordinator forLehman High School in Kyle.

Brauchle says portfolios come in

handy when students apply for jobs oradmission to college. First impressionsare a very big thing, she says, and

you want to be the one whose papersget passed around the ofce. You wantto be the one where the admissionscounselors say, Wow, look at this one!

And a portfolio doesnt have to besimply a collection of papers. Artistsand photographers use their portfoliosto provide visual examples of theirwork, and so can you. Do you havephotos of someone giving you anaward? Put them in. How about a videoof a performance? Include it on a DVD.

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After Rick Gutierrez graduated from high school inComanche, he wasnt sure what he wanted to do. For a

while he worked on a farm, repairing equipment anddoing other chores.

My dad kept pushing me to do something else, saysGutierrez, and when the farm laid him off, he decided togo back to school. About ve years later my dad said, Thefarm didnt really lay you off, I told them to re you, so

youd be forced to go do something else. He actually hadme red!

It was a drastic move, but it paid off for Gutierrez. Heenrolled in courses at the Texas State Technical College(TSTC) campus in Brownwood. He started working towarda degree in industrial maintenance, but became interestedin the machining courses he was taking. I ended up lovingit, making something out of nothing, Gutierrez says.

Gutierrez switched to computer numerical control(CNC) machining work at TSTC, earning an associates

degree in two years, and quickly learned that its a high-demand eld.

One company in the area that is constantly on thelookout for skilled machinists is Round Rocks CentexMachining, a high-tech operation that manufactures partsand devices for orthopedic surgery, including full hip- andknee-joint replacements.

There are very, very few skilled machinists in this part

of the world, says Centex President Rich Phillips. Becausewe do medical devices, they have to be made perfect. Formedical implants, close enough isnt close enough.

Amazing Work

We decided a number of years ago that we got the bestresults by growing our own employees, says Phillips.

So we teamed up with the TSTC campuses in Wacoand Brownwood, which both offer two-year programs inmanufacturing technology. We found that, if we hire theirstudents, we can put them with one of our more experiencedemployees and bring them along quickly. Were so anxiousto get the students that normally we offer them full-time

employment and full benets.Thats how it went for Gutierrez. My teacher referred

me to Centex, and they hired me over the phone. I went tohave a look, and I said, Yeah, Im in. Its amazing work theydo here.

Directions to uccess

There are any number of different routes after highschool to employment in manufacturing, ranging from

employment right out of high school to advanced studies ata university.

For instance, says Rufus Lamere, chair of TSTC Wacosmechanical engineering technology department, We have

a one-year machining certicate program that is strictly toget people trained so they can get out in the shop and startworking right away. We also have a two-year associates degreethat requires about 18 hours of academic courses.

At Tylers Ingenuity Center, two-year programs areoriented to careers as a technician, machinist, and tool-and-die manufacturer, and there are quite a few of those.

Our students can choose all different types of careers,Lamere says. We have people who go to work, for example,at Bell Helicopter doing CNC gear grinding, which is a veryspecialized eld. We had one student whos now making

musical instruments!

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heating equipment. Trane has internshipsto which we can send students, offeringsummer or part-time employment,Hansen says.

Manufacturers are always lookingfor promising employee candidates. Anumber of aerospace manufacturersoffer apprenticeships in the Dallas/FortWorth area, for instance, as do petroleum

companies around Houston.Companies try out an employee before

they make their investment in hiring them.It can cost between $7,000 and $15,000 torecruit, hire, and train a new employee.Internships are wonderful opportunitiesfor companies to identify people that theydlike to hire. It minimizes their risk.

Adanced Degrees

If you choose to pursue education beyond atwo-year degree, your job opportunitiesand the potential rewardswill only

increase. When you are interested ina four-year degree, you could go intoindustrial technology or industrial safety,and we have a masters degree in industrialmanagement, which is about being

responsible for planning and controllingthe operation of a production plant.Industrial managers assist manufacturingengineers in making sure the productionfacility works appropriately, that the line isoperating efciently.

Texas A&M at Kingsville also offers a

masters degree in industrial management

through its college of engineering. At SouthernMethodist University in Dallas, graduatestudents can earn doctorates in engineeringplus industrial management. The programfocuses on the application of engineeringprinciples to planning and operationalmanagement of industrial production.

Continuing Education

Education doesnt end once youve earned adegree, either. Many people nd that aftera few years in the industry, they learn aboutcareers they hadnt even thought of.

There arent many students who say, Iwant to become a safety specialist rightout of high school. What happens is, theyget into a manufacturing career and thendevelop a further interest in safety and

become a supervisor in safety or safetytraining development. Many employees

return to school to qualify themselves forcareer advancement.

There are a lot of opportunities foradvancement, says Gutierrez, and movingup to engineering is great. If youre good atwhat you do and youre passionateabout your work, yourealways going to have

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Apprenticesips

In many cases, students can benet from thehigh demand for skilled workers. Businessesand industries are often willing to help with

apprenticeships and internships. Students canenroll in community college and join a unionapprenticeship program, says Bill Smith, withthe Dallas Independent School District.

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AcieeTeas: the name for Texasscollege and career education initiative.

Articulation agreements:

formal agreements between or amongeducational organizations (high schools,community colleges, and universities)that align courses and majors in a waythat allows students to transition fromone institution to another without loss

of course credit or time.

Associates degree:a two-yeardegree awarded by a community ortechnical college.

acelors degree:a four-year

degree awarded by a university.

Career and tecnical student

organizations (CTOs): curricularorganizations for students that offeractivities and competitions related toparticular careers.

Career cluster:a way of organizingcurricula, instruction, and assessmentaround specic occupational groups (forexample, Information Technology or HealthScience) that offers students core academics,coursework related to specic occupations,and extended learning experiences.

Career guidance: structureddevelopmental experiences presentedsystematically from kindergarten through

12th grade that help students analyze andevaluate abilities, skills, and interests.

Career portfolio:a collection of studentwork indicating progress made in subjects,activities, or programs. In career clustersystems, portfolios are often used to assessstudent performance in extended learning

experiences.

Doctoral degree:a degree awardedby universities for study beyond a mastersdegree. Also referred to as a Ph.D. orprofessional degree.

Dual credit:credit given in both high

school and college for college-level coursestaken while in high school.

Etended learning eperiences:

participation in career and technical studentorganizations, extracurricular activities, jobshadowing, internships, or service learning.

inancial aid:scholarships, grants, loans,and work-study funds awarded to studentsto pay for college expenses.

nternsip:an extended learning

experience in which students worktemporarily at entry-level jobs in careers

that interest them.

Job sadowing: an extended learningexperience in which students observeprofessionals in particular careers as they gothrough a day on the job.

Masters degree: a degree awarded byuniversities for study beyond a bachelorsdegree.

Postsecondary education:

education beyond high school. Middleschool and high school are referred to assecondary education, sopostsecondarymeansafter high school.

Program of study:a way of organizing

the curricula and educational activitieswithin a career cluster related to a studentsspecic academic and career goal.

erice learning:an extended learningexperience in which students do volunteerwork related to their career goals.

Targeted industry clusters:

six industry clusters that have beenidentied by Texas as high-demand, high-growth sectors paying high wages. As theyare developed by the State, these may be hotareas in which to build a rewarding career.

Teas Acieement Plan (TAP):

an education plan suggesting the highschool courses a student should taketo prepare successfully for graduationand transition into postsecondaryeducation. The vision for AchieveTexasis that eighth graders, in consultationwith their parents/guardians,counselors, and teachers, will select

a program of study and create a TAP.TAPs are to be reviewed and revised atleast once each school year.

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www.AchieveTexas.orgThe AchieveTexas website offersinformation about the initiative andcopies of the programs of study thatrecommend classes to take in highschool, extended learning opportunities,

and postsecondary programs.

Americas Career nfoet

www.acinet.org/acinetThis is the place to search for occupationalinformation, industry information, andstate-specic labor market information.

Competency Model Clearingouse

www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/

default.aspxThis career planning resource focuses on theskill sets and competencies essential for careersand industries.

College for Teans

www.collegefortexans.comHere is everything a Texan needs to knowabout preparing for, applying for, and payingfor college or technical school. And its all inone up-to-date, easy-to-navigate mega-sitealmost as big as the state itself. Remember:

$4 billion is available every year to help Texansattend college.

College Tec Prep of Teas

www.techpreptexas.orgTech Prep is a way to begin your courseof study in high school and continue ina community or technical college. Theresult is a certicate or associates degree

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The career clusters icons above are used with permission of theStates Career Clusters Initiative, 2010. For more information, visitwww.careerclusters.org.

AchieveTexas Career Clusters

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About AchieveexasYou may ae seen te name AcieeTeas on te coer of tis magazine. Wat eactly is tat?

Well, AchieveTexas is the name of Texass college and career education initiative. The idea behind it is

simple: Planning for the future so that students achieve lifelong success. As AchieveTexas grows, youll

see how subjects such as English, math, science, and social studies are relevant to your personal goals

and ambitions. Youll get the chance to begin a plan that gets you where you want to go in life. Youll have

the opportunity to take courses and engage in extended learning experiences that give you marketable

skills. Best of all, youll be in control of your future. Read all 16 editions ofAchieveTexas in Action(available

through your counselor) to explore Texass career clusters and start on the road to success.

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