maryland career clusters - Maryland State Department of Education
maryland career clusters - Maryland State Department of Education
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Career Cluster 9<br />
MANUFACTURING, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY<br />
CROSS-CLUSTER SKILL AREAS<br />
In addition to focusing on a Pathway, students gain transferable skills across Career Clusters. These cross-cluster<br />
skills broaden a student’s understanding <strong>of</strong> how different <strong>career</strong>s connect and intersect.<br />
• Human Resources: Business activities involved in recruiting and hiring employees, performance<br />
reviews, compensation and benefits management, labor relations, and compliance with government laws<br />
and regulations.<br />
• Training: All types <strong>of</strong> learning services, including company and vendor training.<br />
• Legal Services: Legal services that address all aspects <strong>of</strong> the business, including contracts, human resources,<br />
and risk management.<br />
• Financial Management and Accounting: Financial and accounting services that manage financial resources<br />
and manage and report the revenues and costs <strong>of</strong> manufacturing businesses.<br />
• Security: Business activities involved in property loss prevention and ensuring the personal security<br />
<strong>of</strong> employees.<br />
PROGRAM<br />
HIGHLIGHT<br />
MANUFACTURING, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY<br />
<strong>Maryland</strong>’s Project Lead The Way (PLTW) program is a sequence <strong>of</strong> courses which, when combined with<br />
traditional mathematics and science courses in high school, introduces students to the scope, rigor, and<br />
discipline <strong>of</strong> engineering and engineering technology prior to entering college. There are eight courses in<br />
the PLTW program which are divided into three groups: Foundation (Principles <strong>of</strong> Engineering, Introduction<br />
to Engineering Design and Digital Electronics); Pathway (Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Civil<br />
Engineering and Architecture, Aerospace Engineering and Biotechnical Engineering); and Capstone<br />
(Engineering Design and Development). Students in the Project Lead The Way pre-engineering program<br />
take all <strong>of</strong> the foundation courses, one pathway course, and the capstone course. Opportunities to earn<br />
articulated credit are <strong>of</strong>fered to students who successfully complete the requirements for entrance into the<br />
two- or four-year college program.<br />
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