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ShOW-IT:. A Tool That Can Help With Career Clusters Nelse Grundvig, ESC – LMI Division. Vision Statement. The ability to create lattices or ladders as well as understand how the occupations are changing will become crucial.
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ShOW-IT: A Tool That Can Help With Career Clusters Nelse Grundvig, ESC – LMI Division
Vision Statement • The ability to create lattices or ladders as well as understand how the occupations are changing will become crucial. • By understanding if the changes taking place are due to local economics, state or national factors you can be more responsive to the local economics when designing curriculum or programs of study.
Step 1 Determine the relationship between occupations • Some occupations are commonly found in specific industries creating a cluster • Refer to the industry/occupation matrix • Other occupations require similar licensing or credentials
Step 2 • Review occupational staffing patterns • Using ShOW-IT prepare occupation reports • Perform full report to better understand output • Look for patterns where both jobs with fewer skills and jobs with higher skills are growing • Also possible is where the job with fewer skills is flat or possibly declining and the higher functioning position is growing. • Assumption: Higher Skills = Higher Wages
Step 3 • Differentiate between ladders and lattice • Ladders are typically one to one and multiple steps • Lattices are more interrelated where a step between occupations is not as obvious • It can be argued lattices are probably more representative of the typical career path
Contact Information: • Kevin.Hoffman@ncmail.net • Nelse.Grundvig@ncmail.net • (919) 733-9834