Michigan Career Pathway 3: Engineering/Manufacturing and
Industrial Technology
Careers in this path are related to technologies necessary to
design, develop, install, and maintain physical systems. These
include engineering, manufacturing, construction, service, and
related technologies.
Is it for you?
Are you mechanically inclined and practical? Do you like reading
diagrams and blueprints, and drawing building structures? Are you
curious about how things work? Would you enjoy painting a house,
repairing cars, wiring electrical circuits, or woodworking? Then
this may be the career path for you!
Career Categories
- Architecture
- Precision Production
- Mechanics
and Repair
- Manufacturing Technology
- Engineering
and Related Technologies
- Drafting
- Construction
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Courses in School
- Drafting
- Science
- Robotics
- Machine Tools
- Physical Sciences/Physics
- Industrial/Mechanical
Drafting
- Math
- Electronics
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Occupational Outlook Handbook Information
on Careers in This Pathway |
Management occupations
Architects, surveyors, and cartographers
Drafters and engineering technicians
Construction trades and related workers
- Boilermakers
- Brickmasons, blockmasons, and
stonemasons
- Carpenters
- Carpet, floor, and tile installers
and finishers
- Cement masons, concrete finishers,
segmental pavers, and terrazzo workers
- Construction and building
inspectors
- Construction equipment operators
- Construction laborers
- Drywall installers, ceiling tile
installers, and tapers
- Electricians
- Elevator installers and
repairers
- Glaziers
- Hazardous materials removal
workers
- Insulation workers
- Painters and paperhangers
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters,
and steamfitters
- Plasterers and stucco masons
- Roofers
- Sheet metal workers
- Structural and reinforcing iron
and metal workers
- Woodworkers
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Installation, maintenance, and
repair occupations
Production occupations
- Assemblers and fabricators
- Food processing occupations
- Computer control programmers and
operators
- Machine setters, operators, and
tenders–metal and plastic
- Machinists
- Tool and die makers
- Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers
- Bookbinders and bindery workers
- Prepress technicians and workers
- Printing machine operators
- Power plant operators,
distributors, and dispatchers
- Stationary engineers and boiler
operators
- Water and liquid waste treatment
plant and system operators
- Inspectors, testers, sorters,
samplers, and weighers
- Jewelers and precious stone and
metal workers
- Medical, dental, and ophthalmic
laboratory technicians
- Painting and coating workers,
except construction and maintenance
- Photographic process workers and
processing machine operators
- Semiconductor processors
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Last updated 4 Mar 09