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Auto Mechanic

• A PowerPoint By Alli Elgas

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Auto Mechanic

• They repair cars, busses, trucks, and other
  vehicles.
• They master mechanics and learn how to fix
  transmission and mechanical parts.

• What The Auto Mechanic Does

• What It Looks Like

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The Type Of Education You Need, Exams/License

• In order to be an Auto Mechanic, you would need
  at least 1-2 years of post-secondary education.
• Most of the time a high-school GED is all that is
  needed to get the job, however more specific
  training is needed to repair newer models.

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Transferrable Skills of an Auto Mechanic

• Be able to follow written work orders
• Observe/Diagnose mechanical problems
• Operate computerized diagnostic equipment for
  mechanics
• Repair mechanical objects
• Use electrical testing instruments
• Using mechanical hand and power tools

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Auto Mechanic

• Information About Career

• They test drive vehicles, repair vehicles,
  diagnose mechanical problems, and uses power and
  hand tools to repair cars, trucks, busses, and
  other vehicles. They also study the mechanics of
  vehicles.

• See it for Yourself

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Auto Mechanics

• High School Education Courses

• Information Technology (IT)
• Introduction to Transportation, Distribution and
  Logistics
• Health, Safety and Security in Transportation
• Technological Systems
• Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
  Systems

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Mackenzie Howell

• Pro Barrel racer

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What is Barrel racing?

• Barrel racing is a sport that takes a lot of
  skill if you want to be good.
• What you do in barrel racing is you ride a horse
  around barrels in a cloverleaf pattern and what
  ever horse and rider has the fastest time wins.
• It takes a lot of practice not only do you have
  to ride your horse all the time you have to learn
  how to control the horses speed going to and
  around the barrel and if you knock a barrel down
  it is a no time.

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What education is needed?

• You need to know how to care for a horse so it is
  healthy to ride and that means to make sure you
  feed your horse the right way, to get their feet
  done every 6 weeks , and to love the horse so the
  horse loves and trusts you.
• Another thing you have to know is how to ride.
  Riding can be easy or hard depending on the
  person. For me it is easy because I have been
  doing it all my life.

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Transferrable Skills

• Money management
• Horses riding ability
• Marketing skills
• Veterinary skills
• Math skills

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Arts A/V Technology Communications

• The way barrel racing fits in to this career
  cluster is that barrel racing is a type of
  performance because you are riding in front of
  people as a kind of entertainment .

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High School Recommendations

• I would have to do high school rodeo.
• High school rodeo is like regular shows except
  there are scouts to see if there is anyone good
  enough to do the WPR or Women's Pro Rodeo.

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Barrel Racing Going Pro

• Becoming pro is very hard and takes a lot of
  money and time . Money alone is a big reason a
  lot of good barrel racers dont go pro because
  paying for a show alone can cost from 30 per run
  to 300 per run.
• You also have to figure traveling from state to
  state is a lot of money because of gas and buying
  a good horse can range from 1,000 to 100,000
• Feeding them also takes a lot of money.

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Fashion Designer

• By
• Isabela Fuentes

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What is Fashion Design?

• In my own words fashion design is making pictures
  of clothing in your mind and making them become a
  reality.
• Fashion design is designing clothing and
  accessories, then selling them.

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What Education Do You Need?

• There are levels of education for the different
  levels of success in the fashion industry.
• Most fashion designers have either a two or a
  four year post secondary training.

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What Transferrable Skills Are Necessary For This
Career?

• The skills necessary for fashion design are
• Creating designs
• Designing and arranging objects
• Operating computers (to lay out designs and
  colors)
• Sketching designs and
• Working as a member of a design team

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Career Cluster

• Fashion design is a part of the marketing career
  cluster.
• The marketing cluster is planning, managing and
  marketing activity that relate to the companys
  objective.
• In this occupation it is to promote and sell
  clothing and accessories.

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What High School Courses Should You Take?

• There are specific high school courses that are
  recommended regularly to be a fashion designer.
  But I think a regular high school diploma will
  cover most of your basics.
• You may want to learn how to sew, measure
  properly and, how to sketch visions of clothing
  that are in your head.

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Fire Fighter

• By Brian Press

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Fire Fighters

• Fire fighters respond to car wrecks, fires and
  even medical emergencies.
• They put out fires to save property and lives.

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Education

• To become a firefighter you need to go through
  two years of college.
• After that you need to go through two years of
  firefighter and medical school.
• Once you do those you could be hired as a
  firefighter.
• Once you become a firefighter you still have to
  do training.

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Transferable skills

• To become a firefighter you need to put your life
  at risk to save others.
• You need to have good teamwork skills to become a
  firefighter.
• You need to have good listening skills.
• You also need strength to become a firefighter.

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Career Cluster

• Firefighters are in the Law, Public Safety,
  Corrections, and Security career cluster.

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Help?

• To help become a firefighter some fire stations
  offer something called Fire Explorer.
• You can do this while you are in high school and
  college.
• You go to the fire station from 800AM 800PM
  and you go to all of the calls with the
  firefighters.

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Joseph Baker

• Game Designer

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Description

• As a game maker/developer I will come up with
  ideas for games and basically try to put them
  into development if they are good.
• If I make a good game I can get a lot of money.
• I really do like playing videos games because I
  am good at them but it does take a lot of work .
• You need computer programming skills.

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Education

• To become a game designer you need a bachelor
  degree and a degree in computer engineering or
  computer science which takes 4-5 years to
  complete.
• Courses in a Game Design degree program may
  include project management, integrated video
  design and technology, game prototyping and level
  design.

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Transferable Skills

• You need to have good listing skills and be
  able to take constructive criticism.
• You need math skills.
• Design is a big part when making games. So you
  should have art and graphic design skills.

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Career Cluster

• The career cluster for the game design field is
  technology design and computer engineering

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High School Courses

• You can take computer designing and technology
  courses to help you.
• Courses in computer programming, game design, Web
  design and image design editing will get you
  off to a good start.
• You should also take a variety of math courses.

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Lyanies AlfonsoLawyer
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Lawyer

• A criminal lawyer has clients that have legal
  problems.
• He/she goes to court with them to defend them and
  help them win their case.

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Education Needed

• You need 4 years at an undergraduate college,
• You need an additional 4 or more years of law
  school.
• You must take and pass the bar exam.

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Transferrable skills needed

• Active listening
• Reading comprehension
• Handling detail
• Problem solving
• Good verbal communication skills

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Career Cluster

• This career is in the public safety and law
  cluster. This category holds professions in which
  you help people and are a part of the legal
  system as well.

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High School Courses that Would Help

• Speech Public Speaking
• Debate
• Writing
• Critical Thinking

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Marine Biology

• By Zachary Bottoms

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Examples of What They Do

• Marine biologists do many things to save the
  ocean and keep track of what all the life is
  doing underwater.
• Some marine biologists study for certain jobs
  they can do on the boat.
• Some study in veterinary school to give shots and
  put tracking numbers on sea life.
• Other biologists keep track of populations
  underwater.

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College Degree

• College Degrees needed may vary across the U.S.
• Some companys may only require a minimum of a
  four years, to a maximum of 6 years of college to
  work for them.
• A major company that use marine biologists is
  Universals Sea World.
• If a marine biologist wants to work in the field
  (the ocean) he needs a diving license.

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Transferrable Skills

• Five Transferrable skills for this career
  include
• Listening
• Speaking
• Handling and/or working with groups of people
• Gathering Information
• Problem Solving

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Career Cluster

• The Career Cluster for this career is Science,
  Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
• This shows that to be a Marine Biologist you have
  to be good in science, know how to work
  technology and know math.

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High School Courses

• In most high schools there are courses that are
  focused strictly on marine biology. These courses
  prepare you for your college courses.
• The courses in high school teach you about
  different marine animals such as sharks and
  exotic reef fish such as damsels, angel fish,
  lion fish, and parrot fish.

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Money Outlook

• Marine biology is a very profitable career. To
  some (like me) this career is fun.
• The average yearly salary for a more experienced
  biologist is about 130,000 - 150,000.
• For starters it can be from 90,000-120,000.
• The student loans from college could easily be
  paid off quickly and this is good starting money.

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Nanny 411

• By Corina Botich

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Describing What Nannys Do

• A nanny provides care for children in the private
  household.
• They provide support and expertise to the parents
  in satisfying their childrens physical,
  emotional, intellectual and social needs.
• Duties may include meal planning and preparation,
  laundry/clothing care, organizing play
  activities/outings, discipline, intellectual
  stimulation, language activities and
  transportation.

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The Education Needed

• The education needed may very from state to
  state.
• For example, in one state you may only need a
  high-school diploma where in some states you may
  need a college degree.

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Transferrable Skills

• Planning recreation and entertainment activities
• Following travel directions
• Collecting and recording medical information
• Following spoken instructions
• Preparing food for customers

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The Career Cluster

• Being a nanny is part of the Human Services
  cluster.
• The Human Services cluster is preparing people
  for employment in a career that relates to
  families and human needs.

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High School Courses

• Some high school courses you could take are as
  follows.
• H.O.P.E.
• Home economics courses
• Child-care,
• First-aid
• Cooking courses.

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Neurosurgeons

• By Kendal Fonda

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Whats a Neurosurgeon?

• Neurosurgery (or neurological surgery) is the
  medical specialty concerned with the prevention,
  diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of
  disorders which affect any portion of the nervous
  system including the brain, spine, spinal cord,
  peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial
  cerebrovascular system.

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College?

• Just like most careers today, becoming a
  neurosurgeon means youll definably have to
  attend college.
• In the United States, neurologists are
  physicians who have completed postgraduate
  training in neurology after graduation
  from medical school.
• On average, Neurologists complete at least 1012
  years of college education and clinical training.
  This training includes obtaining a four-year
  undergraduate degree, a medical degree(Another
  4years) and then completing a three or four-year
  residency in neurology.
• The four-year residency consists of one year of
  internal medicine training followed by three
  years of training in neurology.
• One and two year fellowships are available
  following completion of the neurology residency
  if desired.
• Also, many neurologists also have additional
  training after completing their residency in one
  area of neurology such as stroke or vascular
  neurology, interventional neurology, epilepsy,
  neuromuscular, neurorehabilitation, behavioral
  neurology,  sleep medicine, pain management,
  neuroimmunology, clinical neurophysiology, or
  movement disorders.

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Career Cluster?

• The career cluster a neurosurgeon would fall
  under is the Health Science cluster.
• The Health Science cluster does planning,
  managing and providing therapeutic services,
  diagnostic services, health informatics, support
  services, and biotechnology research and
  development.

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What skills do I need?

• Some transferable skills required to be a
  neurosurgeon are
• Diagnosing diseases and disorders
• Giving health care instructions
• Observing and analyzing physical problems
• Planning health care treatments
• Treating physical or mental problems
• Using medical or dental instruments to treat
  patients

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What about Now?

• High school classes are very important for any
  career! To become a neurosurgeon, high school
  classes you should take are
• Oral Communication
• Sociology
• Speech
• Technical Writing
•  English Composition
• Algebra
• Psychology
• Health Science V Therapeutic Services
  Preparation
• Chemistry
• American Government
• Biological Science

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What about salary?

• Depending on how many surgeries and how hard you
  work, being an neurosurgeon means you will make
  anywhere from 400,000 to over a million a year!
  Now thats a good pay!

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Psychiatrist
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What Does A Psychiatrist Do?

• A psychiatrist will sit down with people
  independently and discusses their thoughts and
  feelings.
• A psychiatrist will later diagnose them with
  emotional, mental, or behavioral disorders if
  necessary.
• Also, if needed they will prescribe medical or
  therapeutic treatments. They will keep records
  for government agencies and case files if needed
  once again.

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Career Cluster and Educational Requirements

• The psychiatrist is in the health and science
  cluster, and therapeutic services pathway.
• A psychiatrist will have to have a high level of
  reading comp., active listing and learning,
  writing, speaking, science, critical thinking,
  and monitoring skills.
• Math will also be important but not as necessary.
  A psychiatrist will have to be licensed.

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Wages and Outlook

• The average annual wage for a psychiatrist is
  about 179,234 and the hourly wage is 86.76.
• The job openings in Florida are low, but the
  outlook in Florida is increasing faster than
  usual, by 18.

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Why It interests me

• I want to be a psychiatrist because I would like
  to help people learn about themselves.
• I want to learn why people do the things they do
  and what made them how they are.
• I want to learn about the mind and peoples lives
  and hear about others. And I would think this job
  would stay interesting for a long time.

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Surgeon

• By Magdalena Dobinda

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What is a surgeon?

• A surgeon saves lives everyday. A surgeon
  performs surgery to repair injuries to the human
  body. They also perform surgery to improve bodily
  function. They have a lot of pressure on
  themselves everyday and only the professionals
  can take it. This career is in the health science
  cluster.

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Educational Requirements

• For this career you must have
• High school degree
• College degree
• Pre-Medicine school degree
• Medicine degree

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Basic skills you need for this job. (transferable
skills)

• For this job you need to master the following
  skills Reading comprehension
• Active listening
• Writing
• Speaking
• Mathematics
• Science
• Critical thinking
• Active learning
• Learning strategies
• Monitoring.

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Health Science Career Cluster

• This career cluster is all about
• Planning, managing and providing therapeutic
  services
• Diagnostic services
• Health informatics
• Support services
• Biotechnology research and development.
• It is very difficult but very rewarding

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What courses should I take?

• The courses you should take in high school are
• 9th Grade- Algebra 1, Civics State History,
  Language Arts I, Health Science I Introduction
  to Health Science.
• 10th grade U.S. History, Language Arts II,
  Health Science II Health, Safety and Ethics in
  the Health Environment.
• 11th grade Sociology World History, Language
  Arts III, Health Science III Employment in
  Health Occupations.
• 12th grade Economics Psychology, Language Arts
  IV.

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Wage and Job Outlook in Florida

• The average annual wage for this career is
  234,832 in Florida.
• The job outlook is very good, there is an
  estimated 61 annual job openings.

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Veterinarian

• By Ashley Felegi

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What is a Veterinarian?

• A veterinarian is person who is trained and
  qualified to treat injured or sick animals using
  specific medications.

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What Education Do You Need?

• Veterinarians need a lot of education before they
  can qualify for the job.
• Admission to veterinary school is very
  competitive. While it is unnecessary to get a
  bachelors degree the students without one have a
  lower chance of getting accepted in.
• All students must have a certain amount of credit
  hours ranging from 45-90 semester hours at an
  undergraduate level.
• Applicants must submit test scores from the
  Graduate Record Examination, the Veterinary
  College Admission Test, or the Medical College
  Admission Test depending on the liking of the
  college to which they are applying.
• Veterinarians need a Doctor of Veterinary
  Medicine degree from a 4-year program at a
  college of veterinary medicine.
• Veterinarians are required to be licensed before
  they can practice. Veterinarians must get a
  passing grade on the North American Veterinary
  Licensing Exam.

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Transferrable Skills

• These are the six transferrable skills needed to
  become a veterinarian
• Diagnosing diseases and disorders
• Giving injections, drugs, and other medications
• Planning health care treatments
• Researching life sciences
• Treating physical or mental problems
• Using medical or dental instruments to treat
  patients

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The Career Cluster

• The occupation of a veterinarian is in the career
  cluster Health Science.
• Jobs in the health science career cluster
  involve planning, managing, and providing
  diagnostic, therapeutic, supportive, and
  information and research services in health
  care.
• http//www.glencoe.com/sec/careers/cclusters/stude
  nt/clusters/health.shtml
• The Health Science Career Cluster is a cluster
  of study integrating academics, specific health
  science technology courses, along with a variety
  of problembased and work-based learning
  opportunities.
• http//www.doe.in.gov/octe/health/

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What Courses Could You Take In High School

• Veterinary medical colleges typically require
  applicants to have taken classes in chemistry,
  physics, general biology, animal biology, animal
  nutrition, genetics, vertebrate embryology,
  cellular biology, microbiology, zoology, and
  systemic physiology.
• Some programs require calculus while others
  require only statistics, college algebra and
  trigonometry, or pre-calculus.

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The End My Future CareerCareer Education
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