Skilled & Technical Sciences Pathway
Creative students who see themselves designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment, or processing materials into intermediate or final products will want to pursue courses in the Skilled & Technical Sciences Pathway.
NATIONAL CAREER CLUSTERS
Career Clusters are groupings of careers that have similar characteristics and employment requirements.
Includes Careers in:
- Construction
- Design and Pre-Construction
- Maintenance and Operations
See more information on this Career Cluster on the Washington State OSPI website.
Includes Careers in:
- Audio Technology
- Film
- Journalism and Broadcasting
- Performing Arts
- Video Technology
- Visual Arts
See more information on this Career Cluster on the Washington State OSPI website.
Includes Careers in:
- Installation and repair
- Logistics and inventory control
- Manufacturing production process development
- Maintenance
- Production
- Quality assurance
- Safety and environmental assurance
See more information on this Career Cluster on the Washington State OSPI website.
Includes Careers in:
- Correction services
- Emergency and fire management
Law enforcement services
Legal services
Security and protective services
See more information on this Career Cluster on the Washington State OSPI website.
RELATED COURSES
Architecture & Construction
- Computer Aided Drafting & CAD Architecture
- Construction
Arts & Communications
- Art I & II
- Broadcast Journalism
- Ceramics I & II
- IB Visual Arts HL, CDE
- Journalism
- Metal Design
- Photography I & II
- Video
- Video Game Design
- Visual Communications Foundations
- Visual Communications Digital Design
Manufacturing
- Aerospace/Advanced Manufacturing
- Industrial Technology - Design Process
- Industrial Technology - Intro
- Industrial Technology - Manufacturing
- Welding & Plasma Cutting Arts
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
- Emergency Medicine
- CERT
RESOURCES
Program of Study document
Personal Program of Study samples
Arts & Communications PDF | Word
Construction PDF | Word
Manufacturing PDF | Word
Dual College Credits are available for the following courses:
- Aerospace/Advanced Manufacturing
- IB Visual Arts HL
- Visual Communications Foundations
- Visual Communications Digital Design
The 2021-22 Dual-Credit course list is under construction.
Industry Certification(s) are available in the following courses:
- Aerospace/Advanced Manufacturing
- CERT
- Construction Technology
- Emergency Medicine
- Industrial Technology – Design Process
- Industrial Technology – Intro
- Industrial Technology –Manufacturing
- Metal Design
- Welding & Plasma Cutting Arts
CTE Student Organizations
FBLA
HOSA
SkillsUSA
Career Exploration
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Access Career Videos at the U.S. Department of Labor's careeronestop.org
Browse career profiles by Career Cluster at Washington Career Bridge and the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET site.
The following courses highlight knowledge and skills important for students in all Pathways
- Career & College Prep
- Environmental Science
- Financial Algebra
- Health
- High School Success Seminar
- JAG-WA
- Worksite Learning