Career and Technical Education

Pittsville Career and Technical Education Center

Career and Technical Education (CTE) is an educational approach to teaching technical skills that lead to careers for middle, high, and post secondary students. Compared to vocational education which is only taught in post secondary scenarios and is very specific to one career track. CTE can be broad in range from medical, business, sales, finance, IT, STEM, manufacturing, logistics, political science, government, law, agriculture, construction, trades, craftsman, culinary, creative arts, music, to audiovisual technology.[1] The Federal Government of the United States has invested $1.462 billion in 2023[2] and States have invested billions[3] to renovate classrooms, spaces, and build dedicated buildings for the equipment, supplies, tools, software, and hardware to accommodate CTE.[4][5]

List of Career and Technical Education skills

Trades

See also: List of construction trades, Tradesperson, and Technician

• Carpentry - woodworking, framing, doors/windows, drywall, insulation, flooring, siding, finishing work, cabinetry, furniture.
• Plumbing - plumbing fixtures, piping and plumbing fitting, water heater, steamfitter, GreenPlumbers, and drain cleaner.
• Electrician - wiring, light fixture/major appliance, solar power installation, electronics technician, electric motor/generator technician, lineworker.
• Welding - MIG, TIG, stick, list of welding types, welding joints, welding symbols, and metalworking.
• Masonry - concrete work, bricks/blocks/stones, troweling, and tiling.
• HVAC - heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and duct work.
• Painting - staining, wallpaper, paint mixing, plasterwork, and spackling paste.
• Roofing - shingles, standing seam metal roof, corrugated metal roof, solar roofs, rubber shingles, rain gutters.
• Mechanic - auto mechanic/restoration/scrapping, refrigeration/air conditioning, boiler, millwright/industrial mechanic.
• Metal fabrication - machinist, lathes, milling, drilling, grinding, and CNC machining.[6]
• Sewing - machine sewing, hand stitching, embroidery, tailor, quilting, fashion design, costume design, 3D clothes modeling, upholstery, knitting, tapestry, crochet.[7]
• Culinary chef - baker, meat cutter\fishmonger, deli, cheesemonger, sushi itamae, and cook.
• Telecommunications technician - tower technician, directional boring, fiber-optic/coaxial, utility pole technician, satellite dish installer.
• Automation technician - PLCs, instrumentation calibration, assembly/production line, industrial installation and maintenance.
• Semiconductor technician
• Aviation - flight training, flight simulators, air traffic control, fixed-wing, rotary-wing, UAV, 107 pilots license.

Computers

See also: List of free and open-source software packages, Computer lab § Academic software bundles, Workstation § GPU workstations, and Fab lab

• Computer languages - markup languages, scripting languages, programming languages, libraries, and text editors.[8]
• CAD/CAM/BIM - list of 3D modeling software, List of computer-aided manufacturing software, List of BIM software, CNC machining/3D printing/3D fabrication, and 3D rendering.[9]
• Video editing - list of video editing software, filmmaking, visual effects, CGI, and List of 3D animation software.[10]
• Graphic design - List of 2D graphics software, List of 2D animation software, UI/UX, graphics tablets, List of digital art software, vector/raster graphics, and logo design.[11]
• Digital photography/Videography - digital camera, aerial photography, digital photo editing software, list of video editing software.
• Information technology (IT)
• Spreadsheets - CSV (file format),[12] graphs, charts, bookkeeping, list of spreadsheet software,[13] List of relational database management systems.
• Music Studio - digital audio workstation, audio engineering, list of music software.[14]
• Digital media - radio/podcast, YouTuber, video production, visual effects/sound effects/sound design, digital audio editors, studio.

Healthcare

• Medical imaging - Xray, CT scan, MRIs,[15] ECGs, nuclear medicine, and ultrasound.
• Medical laboratory tests[16]
• Surgical stitches
• Biomedical equipment technician

Engineering

See also: List of engineering branches, Computer-aided engineering, and List of computer-aided engineering software

• Biomedical engineering - biomechanics, genetic engineering, pharmaceutical
• Materials engineering - chemical, petroleum, biochemical, thermochemistry, nanoengineering
• Biological engineering - synthetic biology, biological systems, biotechnology, agricultural, computational genomics
• Civil engineering - structural, transportation, surveying, construction
• Computer engineering - software, data engineering, network engineering, processor / PCB design, cyber security, cryptography
• Electrical engineering - electronics engineering, power systems / energy, telecommunications
• Environmental engineering - water / wastewater treatment, recycling, ecological
• Industrial engineering - manufacturing, operations, logistics and supply chain
• Mechanical engineering - automotive, marine, aerospace, robotics, MEP engineers, CAD technician[17]

See also

• Apprenticeship / Internship
• Career and technical student organization
• Career Clusters
• Career Pathways
• Community school
• Dual enrollment
• Human capital
• National Center for Construction Education and Research
• On-the-job training
• Professional certification and licensing
• School-to-work transition
• Smith–Hughes Act - National Vocational Education Act of 1917
• Technology education
• Workforce development

References

1. "What is Career & Technical Education (CTE)?".
2. "What is Career and Technical Education?". Forbes.
3. "State by State Table – State of CTE".
4. https://www.mass.gov/news/healey-driscoll-administration-awards-17-million-for-career-and-technical-education-equipment-improvements
5. "Lamar CISD breaks ground on career, technical education building".
6. "72 Trades To Learn for a Successful Trade Career | Indeed.com".
7. "Is Sewing a Trade? + Sewing Jobs & Titles". 15 August 2022.
8. "Difference Between Programming, Scripting, and Markup Languages". GeeksforGeeks. August 26, 2019.
9. "The Software Used by Architects and Builders". ThoughtCo.
10. "Video Editing Course for High School Students".
11. "What Is Graphic Design? A Beginner's Guide to This Creative Career". Rasmussen University.
12. Johnson, Dave. "What is a CSV file? How to open and use the popular spreadsheet file". Business Insider.
13. Zardetto, Sharon (October 14, 2021). "Charts in Apple's Numbers Spreadsheet: Which One When?". TidBITS.
14. "How to build a school studio space on a budget". Music Teacher.
15. Science, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and. "Curriculum - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Program (Minnesota) - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science". Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
16. "How to Become a Medical Laboratory Technician". Western Governors University.
17. https://www.euhsd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3725824&type=d&pREC_ID=2430712

External links

• Association for Career and Technical Education