Manufacturing

This Career Cluster® is focused on 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, and process engineering.

Below are the Manufacturing career cluster pathways. Each pathway has various occupations that share common skills, knowledge, and interests. Discover possible occupations by selecting a pathway below:

Production

Manufacturing Production Process Development

Maintenance, Installation & Repair

Quality Assurance

Logistics & Inventory Control

Health, Safety and Environmental Assurance

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