Fourth Grade
Career Awareness and Exploration
Fourth graders learn about 4 Career Clusters
GOALS:
Students will define the following as Georgia Career Clusters:
- Architecture and Construction
- Business Management and Administration
- Manufacturing
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
OBJECTIVES:
Students will:
- define a career cluster as a grouping of occupations with common skills and knowledge
- identify sample occupations aligned with each of these four career clusters
Lesson Plans & Resources for each Career Cluster
| Georgia Career Clusters Chart |
| Architecture and Construction |
| Business Management and Administration |
| Manufacturing |
| Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
Videos
Architecture and Construction
Architecture and Construction (Cluster Video)
Airline Pilots - Copilots - Flight Engineers
Architectural and Engineering Managers - NEW!
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Boat Builders and Shipwrights
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Carpenters
Carpet Installers
Ceiling Tile Installers
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Civil Engineering Technicians
Civil Engineers
Coin - Vending - and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
Construction Laborers
Construction Managers
Construction and Building Inspectors
Cost Estimators
Crane and Tower Operators
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
Electrical and Electronics Drafters
Electric Home Appliance and Power Tool Repairers
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
Electricians
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Excavating and Loading Machine Operators
First Line Supervisors - Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers - NEW!
Glaziers
Grader, Bulldozer, and Scraper Operators
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Helpers – Brickmasons Stonemasons and Tile and Marble Setters - NEW!
Highway Maintenance Workers
Home Appliance Repairers
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
Interior Designers
Landscape Architects
Landscape and Groundskeeping Workers
Lawn Maintenance Workers
Mechanical Door Repairers
Mechanical Drafters
Operating Engineers
Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Paperhangers
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Plumbers
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Riggers
Roofers
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Set and Exhibit Designers
Sheet Metal Duct Installers
Sheet Metal Workers
Solar Photovoltaic Installer - NEW!
Stationary Engineers
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters - NEW!
Subway and Streetcar Operators
Surveyors
Tile and Marble Setters
Woodworking Machine Operators and Tenders - Except Sawing
Airline Pilots - Copilots - Flight Engineers
Architectural and Engineering Managers - NEW!
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Boat Builders and Shipwrights
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Carpenters
Carpet Installers
Ceiling Tile Installers
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Civil Engineering Technicians
Civil Engineers
Coin - Vending - and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
Construction Laborers
Construction Managers
Construction and Building Inspectors
Cost Estimators
Crane and Tower Operators
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
Electrical and Electronics Drafters
Electric Home Appliance and Power Tool Repairers
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
Electricians
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Excavating and Loading Machine Operators
First Line Supervisors - Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers - NEW!
Glaziers
Grader, Bulldozer, and Scraper Operators
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Helpers – Brickmasons Stonemasons and Tile and Marble Setters - NEW!
Highway Maintenance Workers
Home Appliance Repairers
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
Interior Designers
Landscape Architects
Landscape and Groundskeeping Workers
Lawn Maintenance Workers
Mechanical Door Repairers
Mechanical Drafters
Operating Engineers
Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Paperhangers
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Plumbers
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Riggers
Roofers
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Set and Exhibit Designers
Sheet Metal Duct Installers
Sheet Metal Workers
Solar Photovoltaic Installer - NEW!
Stationary Engineers
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters - NEW!
Subway and Streetcar Operators
Surveyors
Tile and Marble Setters
Woodworking Machine Operators and Tenders - Except Sawing
Business Management and Administration
Business and Administration (Cluster Video)
Accountants
Accountants and Auditors - NEW!
Administrative Services Managers
Advertising and Promotions Managers
Agents and Business Managers of Artists - Performers - Athletes
Auditors
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers - NEW!
Biomass Power Plant Managers - NEW!
Bookkeeping - Accounting - Auditing Clerks
Brokerage Clerks - NEW!
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers - NEW!
Buyers Purchasing Agents - Farm Products - NEW!
Cargo and Freight Agents - NEW!
Chief Executives - NEW!
Chief Sustainability Officers - NEW!
Computer and Information Systems Managers - NEW!
Computer Operators - NEW!
Construction Managers
Cost Estimators
Couriers and Messengers
Court Clerks
Court Reporters
Credit Analyst - NEW!
Customer Service Representatives
Data Entry and Information Processing Workers
Driver/Sales Workers
Economists
Employment Interviewers - Private or Public Employment Service
Energy Auditors - NEW!
Entrepreneurs
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers - NEW!
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants - NEW!
Farm Labor Contractors - NEW!
Financial Analysts - NEW!
Financial Examiners
Financial Managers
Financial Managers, Branch or Department - NEW!
First-Line Supervisors - Administrative Support
First-Line Supervisors - Customer Service
Gaming Cage Workers
Geothermal Production Managers - NEW!
General and Operations Managers
Green Marketers - NEW!
Human Resources Managers
Industrial Production Managers
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks - NEW!
Interviewers Except Eligibility and Loan - NEW!
Labor Relations Specialists - NEW!
Legal Secretaries
Library Assistants - Clerical
Logistics Manager - NEW!
Mail Clerks - Except Mail Machine Operators and Postal Service
Management Analysts
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists - NEW!
Marketing Managers
Medical Secretaries
Medical and Health Services Managers
Municipal Clerks
Natural Sciences Managers - NEW!
Operations Research Analysts
Order Clerks
Order Fillers - Wholesale and Retail Sales
Office Clerks - General
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks - NEW!
Personnel Recruiters
Postal Service Mail Carriers
Postal Service Mail Sorters - Processors - Processing Machine Operators
Public Relations Managers
Public Relations Specialists
Purchasing Managers
Receptionists and Information Clerks
Regulatory Affairs Managers - NEW!
Sales Managers - NEW!
Sales Managers
Sales Representatives - Wholesale - Manufacturing - Technical - Scientific Products
Secretaries - Except Legal - Medical - Executive
Shipping - Receiving - Traffic Clerks
Social and Community Service Managers - NEW!
Survey Researchers
Tax Examiners - Collectors - Revenue Agents
Tax Preparers
Technical Writers
Telephone Operators - NEW!
Training and Development Managers - NEW!
Training and Development Specialists
Transportation Managers - NEW!
Treasurers and Controllers - NEW!
Writers and Authors
Accountants
Accountants and Auditors - NEW!
Administrative Services Managers
Advertising and Promotions Managers
Agents and Business Managers of Artists - Performers - Athletes
Auditors
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers - NEW!
Biomass Power Plant Managers - NEW!
Bookkeeping - Accounting - Auditing Clerks
Brokerage Clerks - NEW!
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers - NEW!
Buyers Purchasing Agents - Farm Products - NEW!
Cargo and Freight Agents - NEW!
Chief Executives - NEW!
Chief Sustainability Officers - NEW!
Computer and Information Systems Managers - NEW!
Computer Operators - NEW!
Construction Managers
Cost Estimators
Couriers and Messengers
Court Clerks
Court Reporters
Credit Analyst - NEW!
Customer Service Representatives
Data Entry and Information Processing Workers
Driver/Sales Workers
Economists
Employment Interviewers - Private or Public Employment Service
Energy Auditors - NEW!
Entrepreneurs
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers - NEW!
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants - NEW!
Farm Labor Contractors - NEW!
Financial Analysts - NEW!
Financial Examiners
Financial Managers
Financial Managers, Branch or Department - NEW!
First-Line Supervisors - Administrative Support
First-Line Supervisors - Customer Service
Gaming Cage Workers
Geothermal Production Managers - NEW!
General and Operations Managers
Green Marketers - NEW!
Human Resources Managers
Industrial Production Managers
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks - NEW!
Interviewers Except Eligibility and Loan - NEW!
Labor Relations Specialists - NEW!
Legal Secretaries
Library Assistants - Clerical
Logistics Manager - NEW!
Mail Clerks - Except Mail Machine Operators and Postal Service
Management Analysts
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists - NEW!
Marketing Managers
Medical Secretaries
Medical and Health Services Managers
Municipal Clerks
Natural Sciences Managers - NEW!
Operations Research Analysts
Order Clerks
Order Fillers - Wholesale and Retail Sales
Office Clerks - General
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks - NEW!
Personnel Recruiters
Postal Service Mail Carriers
Postal Service Mail Sorters - Processors - Processing Machine Operators
Public Relations Managers
Public Relations Specialists
Purchasing Managers
Receptionists and Information Clerks
Regulatory Affairs Managers - NEW!
Sales Managers - NEW!
Sales Managers
Sales Representatives - Wholesale - Manufacturing - Technical - Scientific Products
Secretaries - Except Legal - Medical - Executive
Shipping - Receiving - Traffic Clerks
Social and Community Service Managers - NEW!
Survey Researchers
Tax Examiners - Collectors - Revenue Agents
Tax Preparers
Technical Writers
Telephone Operators - NEW!
Training and Development Managers - NEW!
Training and Development Specialists
Transportation Managers - NEW!
Treasurers and Controllers - NEW!
Writers and Authors
Manufacturing
Manufacturing (Cluster Video)
Assemblers and Fabricators
Assemblers - Precision
Automatic Teller Machine Servicers
Automotive Aftermarket
Bakers - NEW!
Biological Technicians - NEW!
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Chemical Equipment Controllers and Operators
Chemical Plant and System Operators
Chemical Technicians
Chemists - NEW!
Civil Engineering Technicians
Coin - Vending - and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
Communication Equipment Mechanics - Installers - Repairers
Cutters and Trimmers - Hand
Data Processing Equipment Repairers
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers
Environmental Engineers - NEW!
Etchers and Engravers
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Fashion Designers
Film Laboratory Technicians
Furniture Finishers
Glass Blowers - Molders - Benders - Finishers
Grinding and Polishing Workers - Hand
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Helpers--Production Workers
Home Appliance Repairers
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Industrial Production Managers
Interior Designers
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
Machine Setters and Tenders
Machinists
Maintenance Workers - Machinery
Mechanical Engineering Technicians
Medical Appliance Technicians - NEW!
Medical Equipment Repairers
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Millwrights
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics - Except Engines
Molding - Coremaking - Casting Machine Setters Operators and Tenders - Metal and Plastic
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
Nuclear Technicians
Numerical Control Machine Tool Operators - Metal and Plastic
Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers
Office Machine and Cash Register Servicers
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Packers and Packagers - Hand
Photographic Processing Machine Operators
Power Plant Operators
Precision Devices Inspectors and Testers
Production - Planning and Expediting Clerks
Quality Control Systems Managers - NEW!
Robotics Technicians
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Sewing Machine Operators
Sheet Metal Workers
Stone Cutters and Carvers
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters - NEW!
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Tool and Die Makers
Upholsterers
Watch Repairers - NEW!
Welders - Cutters - Solderers - Brazers
Woodworking Machine Operators and Tenders - Except Sawing
Assemblers and Fabricators
Assemblers - Precision
Automatic Teller Machine Servicers
Automotive Aftermarket
Bakers - NEW!
Biological Technicians - NEW!
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Chemical Equipment Controllers and Operators
Chemical Plant and System Operators
Chemical Technicians
Chemists - NEW!
Civil Engineering Technicians
Coin - Vending - and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
Communication Equipment Mechanics - Installers - Repairers
Cutters and Trimmers - Hand
Data Processing Equipment Repairers
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers
Environmental Engineers - NEW!
Etchers and Engravers
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Fashion Designers
Film Laboratory Technicians
Furniture Finishers
Glass Blowers - Molders - Benders - Finishers
Grinding and Polishing Workers - Hand
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Helpers--Production Workers
Home Appliance Repairers
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Industrial Production Managers
Interior Designers
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
Machine Setters and Tenders
Machinists
Maintenance Workers - Machinery
Mechanical Engineering Technicians
Medical Appliance Technicians - NEW!
Medical Equipment Repairers
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Millwrights
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics - Except Engines
Molding - Coremaking - Casting Machine Setters Operators and Tenders - Metal and Plastic
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
Nuclear Technicians
Numerical Control Machine Tool Operators - Metal and Plastic
Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers
Office Machine and Cash Register Servicers
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Packers and Packagers - Hand
Photographic Processing Machine Operators
Power Plant Operators
Precision Devices Inspectors and Testers
Production - Planning and Expediting Clerks
Quality Control Systems Managers - NEW!
Robotics Technicians
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Sewing Machine Operators
Sheet Metal Workers
Stone Cutters and Carvers
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters - NEW!
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Tool and Die Makers
Upholsterers
Watch Repairers - NEW!
Welders - Cutters - Solderers - Brazers
Woodworking Machine Operators and Tenders - Except Sawing