Exploring Careers – Application Activity for Vocabulary Set 2

Vocabulary Term / Definition / Application of Definition
associate's degree / Awarded by a technical school or community college after completion of 2 years of study. / Using http://www.economicmodeling.com/2012/05/07/2012s-best-performing-jobs-for-associate-degrees/ answer the following questions:
List the number of jobs available in 2012 for the following occupations:
1)  Registered nurses
2)  Dental hygienists
3)  Physical therapists assistants
List the 2011 median hourly wage of the following occupations:
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4)  Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
5)  Radiation Therapists
6)  Nuclear Technicians
technical school / A private post-secondary school that offers training programs for specific career specialties / Using your favorite search engine on the Internet, provide the following:
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7)  The name and web address of a cosmetology & barber college in New York (any one you choose – your choice!)
Using this web site: http://www.trade-schools.net/program-directory/phlebotomy.asp , answer the following questions:
8)  What is phlebotomy?
9)  What are the names of two schools in Texas that offer phlebotomy training?
bachelor's degree / An academic degree which usually takes four years to earn and is awarded by a college or university. / Using http://www.utexas.edu/student/admissions/ugdegrees.html , provide the following:
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10)  The names of the three (3) bachelor degrees offered by UT – Austin in the School of Architecture
11)  The names of two (2) bachelor degrees offered by UT – Austin in the College of Communication
graduate degree / Graduate schools award advanced degrees, such as master's or doctoral degrees, to students who complete a graduate program / Return to Mrs. Lemons’s CATE Links page to get help with this one!
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12)  A college master's degree is worth ______more in lifetime earnings than a ______, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
career clusters / Sixteen general career areas, each having a wide range of related opportunities. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills / 13)  Using your results from the Cluster Finder in bridges.com,
what is your top cluster(s) according to your results? Note: you must log onto bridges.com to get this answer.
career pathways / clusters of occupations/careers that are grouped because many of the people in them share similar interests and strengths / 14)  Using http://www.careertech.org/career-clusters/glance/clusters-occupations.html list the names of all the career pathways that part of the business, management and administration cluster
READ VERY CAREFULLY!
Log onto the bridges.com web site, click on the purple LEARN button and you will be taken to a list of all 16 career clusters. The page should be trimmed in purple. Click on each cluster name to answer the questions that follow. After you click on each cluster name, you will be taken to an information page for that cluster. This will require you to read carefully! This will NOT require you to go to your “All About You” page.
Agriculture & Natural Resources / Occupations related to: Growing and processing crops for human use, Raising and processing animals for human use, Using raw materials that occur naturally in the Earth / 15)  Provide the “Featured Major” listed for this cluster on this page.
Architecture & Construction / Occupations related to: Designing, building, and repairing structures / 16)  List three (3) of the programs listed for the Architecture & Construction cluster on this web page. Any three – you decide!
Arts, A/V Technology & Communication / Occupations related to: Visual and performing arts, Multimedia communications, Journalism / 17)  How many (you will have to count them) pathways are listed for this cluster on this web page?
Business, Management & Administration / Occupations related to: Planning, organizing, and directing business operations / 18)  List three (3) careers listed for this cluster on this web page. Any three – you decide!
Education & Training / Occupations related to: Providing education and training services, and support services / 19)  List the names of the three (3) pathways in this cluster.