2009 Core Curriculum Content Standards
Career Clusters Table
All New Jersey career and technical education programs fall under one of the 16 career clusters of the States’ Career Clusters Initiative. Each career cluster is listed in the first column of the Career Clusters Table, below, along with a link to the standards document for that cluster. The second column provides a description of each career cluster. The third column shows how the organization of each career cluster is further refined into career pathways.
In standard 9.4, each of the 16 career clusters is listed as a strand (the identifier for each strand—9.4.A through 9.4.P—is also shown in column one of the Career Clusters Table). In each of the 16 career cluster charts, there are two types of cumulative progress indicators (CPIs): (1) general academic CPIs that are common to all 16 career clusters, which are italicized; and, (2) CPIs that are common to occupations found within the career cluster. CPIs found in the career pathway charts are specific to occupations found within the career pathway.
| CAREER CLUSTERS TABLE | ||
| Career Cluster Name | Career Cluster Description | Career Pathways |
| 9.4.A | The Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources, including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources. | |
| 9.4.B | The Architecture & Construction Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the built environment. | |
| 9.4.C | The Arts, A/V Technology & Communications Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content, including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services. | |
| 9.4.D | The Business, Management & Administration Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations. | |
| 9.4.E | The Education & Training Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, managing, and providing education and training services and related learning support services. | |
| 9.4.F | The Finance Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management. | |
| 9.4.G | The Government & Public Administration Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in executing governmental functions to include governance, national security, foreign service, planning, revenue and taxation, regulation, and management and administration at the local, state, and federal levels. | |
| 9.4.H | The Health Science Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnological research and development. | |
| 9.4.I | The Hospitality & Tourism Career Cluster encompasses the management, marketing, and operations of restaurants and other foodservices, lodging, attractions, recreation events, and travel related services. | |
| 9.4.J | The Human Services Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in educating and preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs. | |
| 9.4.K | The Information Technology Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in building linkages for entry level, technical, and professional careers related to the design, development, support, and management of hardware, software, Internet, multimedia, and systems integration services. | |
| 9.4.L | The Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, corrections, protective services, and homeland security, including professional and technical support. | |
| 9.4.M | The Manufacturing Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities, such as production planning and control, maintenance, and manufacturing/process engineering. | |
| 9.4.N | The Marketing, Sales & Service Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives. | |
| 9.4.O | The Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering), including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services. | |
| 9.4.P | The Transportation, Distrib ution & Logistics Career Cluster includes occupations and careers in planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail, and water and related professional and technical support services, such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance. | |
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