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SETTING PERSONAL CAREER GOALS

Principles of Manufacturing

Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved

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SETTING PERSONAL GOALS

What are your: Interests Skills Values Goals


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INTERESTS

What are your: Hobbies Sports School classes


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SKILLS

What types of skills do you have? Logical thinking Manual dexterity Creative thinking Problem solving


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VALUES

What values are important to you? Freedom Service Behavior Responsibility Challenge Salary


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GOALS

Where do you want to be in 5 years? 10 years? Salary Responsibilities Family


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DO YOU LIKE TO:

Put things together Use hand and power tools Make plastic models Draw cars and other products Build with lego’s, K’nex or blocks


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CAREERS USING THE ABOVE TRAITS

Engineers Machinists Assemblers Welders Quality Control Production Managers


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EDUCATION PLAN

Decide on a career Find the classes you need to obtain that

career Find the school that offers the classes


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PATHWAYS FOR A MANUFACTURING CAREER

What classes do I need to take for a career in manufacturing? Engineering Design and Presentation Algebra I or Geometry CTE Manufacturing courses


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HIGH SCHOOL COURSES

Principles ofManufacturing

FlexibleManufacturing

WeldingPrecision

MetalManufacturing

Manufacturing Engineering

AdvancedPrecision

MetalManufacturing

AdvancedWelding

AdvancedFlexible

Manufacturing

Practicum inManufacturing


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ACHIEVE TEXAS MANUFACTURINGBOOKLET

http://www.achievetexas.org/Manufacturing.htm

Students can view the Achieve Texas Manufacturing booklet for information on classes, jobs information and salaries.



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SETTING PERSONAL GOALS

Research colleges in your area to see what courses they offer. Use the Six Year School Plan worksheet to help you select college courses and a college to attend. This form will help you start thinking about where you want to be in the next six years.


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SIX YEAR SCHOOL PLAN

High School _________________________________ College _________________________________

High School College / University

Subject Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Semester I Semester II Semester III Semester IV Semester V

English Language(4 credits)

English English English English

Mathematics(4 credits)

Algebra I Geometry Algebra II 4th year math

Science(4 credits)

Biology Chemistry Physics 4th year Science

Phy Education(1 credit)

Physical Education

Speech (1/2 credit)Fine Arts (1 credit)

Fine Arts

Foreign Language(2 credits)

Foreign Language

Foreign Language

Electives(5 1/2 credits)


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INTEREST INVENTORIES

Use the following web sites to check your personal interests.

New York State Career Zone http://www.nycareerzone.org/cz/assessmen

t/index.jsp O*NET Resource Center

http://www.onetcenter.org/IP.html


http://www.nycareerzone.org/cz/assessment/index.jsp

http://www.nycareerzone.org/cz/assessment/index.jsp

http://www.onetcenter.org/IP.html

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RESOURCES

Types of Manufacturing Jobshttp://www.ehow.com/facts_5138657_types-manufacturing-jobs.html

Achieve Texas Manufacturing Booklethttp://www.achievetexas.org/Manufacturing.htm

College TechPrep of Texashttp://www.techpreptexas.org/index.shtml

Texas Tech Prep Document Downloardhttp://www.techpreptexas.org/downloads/index.shtml


http://www.ehow.com/facts_5138657_types-manufacturing-jobs.html

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5138657_types-manufacturing-jobs.html


http://www.techpreptexas.org/index.shtml

http://www.techpreptexas.org/downloads/index.shtml

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