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Did You Know??? . 92% of students say they will attend college… Of those students, only 32% of those students know what classes are needed to take in high school that will allow them to go to college. Did You Know???.
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Did You Know??? • 92% of students say they will attend college… • Of those students, only 32% of those students know what classes are needed to take in high school that will allow them to go to college.
Did You Know??? • 93 % of Middle School Students say that there is “No Chance” that they will drop out of High School. • 29% of New Yorkers ages 18-24 Lack a High School Diploma.
Careers, Careers, Careers Intro to Technology Mr. Scaramellino
Why Middle School Career Education? • Career Development is an ongoing lifelong process, and its challenges must be addressed beginning in elementary and middle school. • Most Middle School Students have only a shallow understanding of of how school relates to work.
Jobs Are Broken Into Sectors • Primary Sector= obtaining and processing raw materials • Secondary Sector= changing raw and processed materials into a product each us us can use. • Tertiary Sector= delivering and servicing the product.
Primary Sector • Raw Materials- Materials that come from nature • Renewable Materials- come from plants and animals, forests and trees. • Non- Renewable materials- 3 types: Fossil Fuels, non metallic minerals, and metallic minerals • Fossil Fuels- coal, peat, petroleum, natural gas • Nonmetallic Minerals- sand, gravel, building stone • Metallic Minerals- iron, copper, aluminum
Careers in the Primary Sector • Farmers- Plant fertilize cultivate and harvest crops. • Ranchers- breed, feed, and care for animals • Horticulturists-grow and maintain plants shrubs, and trees • Forestry Workers- cut transport and process trees for paper making, construction and furniture making.
Careers in the Primary Sector • Miners & Oil Riggers- operate machinery to extract raw materials • Oceanographers- study plant and animal life in the ocean • Environmentalists- try to find solutions to problems relating to land use, pollution, conservation of natural resources and preservation of wildlife
Secondary Sector: Manufacturing Products • Changes raw materials into useful products: Plastics, computers, jet planes, glue, medications, gum • The Construction of structures: houses, towers, stadiums, roads, tunnels, bridges and dams
Secondary Sector: Manufacturing Products Individual Artisan Machinery & Mass Production Assembly Line- assembly of parts in a planned structure. Mass Production- making a large number of products in an assembly line. Automation- computers, Robots & other machines control machine operations. Can assemble them at high speeds in correct sequence. • One Person made the products. • Used Hand Methods.
Automation Pros Cons If machine breaks or malfunctions, products are inaccurate, Loss of jobs If one thing goes wrong, the whole system could be affected. • Work better in hot noisy and dangerous conditions • Improved quality of work • Increased production • Decreased waste material
Computer Numerical Control • CNC= A system in which machine movements and operations are controlled by a computer program. • Flexible Manufacturing System= • A grouping of machine tool, controlled by a computer program that can perform a series of operations on a single manufactured part. • By reprogramming the computer, the tools can make a different part.
Production Systems:5 Basic Operations • 1. Designing: making original plans and drawings of products. • 2. Planning: organizing a system in which personnel, material and equipment can work together. • 3. Tooling Up: acquiring and setting up tools and machines for production • 4. Controlling: Production using machines to make a product. • 5.Packaging & Distribution: packing, storing, and transporting the product.
Tertiary Sector • Providing Sector • Entrepreneur- a person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of starting a business. • Careers • Business + Office • Communication • Health • Hospitality + Recreation • Public and Social Services • Transportation • Marketing + Distribution
Career Poster Project • Homework make a list of 5 careers that you are interested in. • Write down what they are • Define those careers • Gather materials to make a poster to hand in.