Career Clusters and Career Pathways
CAREER CLUSTER DEFINITION
A career cluster is a group of occupations with similar features. Jobs in the same cluster require similar knowledge or skill sets. If someone enjoys a job in a particular cluster, they are more likely to enjoy related occupations in the group.
THE NATIONAL CAREER CLUSTER FRAMEWORK
The National Career Clusters® Framework provides 16 job groupings with similar skill sets, interests, abilities, and activities. The clusters contain sub-groupings called career pathways. There are 79 career pathways in the National Career Cluster Framework.
Many school systems use career pathways to develop curriculum that increases students’ knowledge and skills for a particular career field. You can explore careers in the OCCU-Find by the career clusters below.
Learn more about how to use Career Clusters
The 16 career clusters are:
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Architecture & Construction
Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications
Business Management & Administration
Education & Training
Finance
Government & Public Administration
Health Science
Hospitality & Tourism
Human Services
Information Technology
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Manufacturing
Marketing
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Contact your career counselor to find out more information.
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