Careers in Advanced Manufacturing

• Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders
• Aerospace Engineering & Operations Technologists & Technicians
  
• Aerospace Engineers
  
• Architectural & Engineering Managers
  
• Automotive Engineering Technicians
• Automotive Engineers
  
• Biochemists & Biophysicists
  
• Bioengineers & Biomedical Engineers
  
• Biofuels Production Managers
• Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology & Product Development Managers
  
• Biomass Power Plant Managers
• Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters
• Calibration Technologists & Technicians
  
• Chemical Engineers
  
• Chemical Equipment Operators & Tenders
• Chemical Plant & System Operators
• Chemical Technicians
  
• Chemists
  
• Cleaning, Washing, & Metal Pickling Equipment Operators & Tenders
• Clinical Research Coordinators
  
• Commercial & Industrial Designers
• Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
  
• Computer, Automated Teller, & Office Machine Repairers
• Conveyor Operators & Tenders
• Cooling & Freezing Equipment Operators & Tenders
  
• Crane & Tower Operators
• Crushing, Grinding, & Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Cutters & Trimmers, Hand
• Cutting & Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Cutting, Punching, & Press Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Dredge Operators
• Drilling & Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Electric Motor, Power Tool, & Related Repairers
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Electrical & Electronics Drafters
• Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Commercial & Industrial Equipment
• Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, & Relay
• Electrical Engineers
  
• Electro-Mechanical & Mechatronics Technologists & Technicians
• Energy Engineers
• Engine & Other Machine Assemblers
• Environmental Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Environmental Scientists & Specialists, Including Health
  
• Etchers & Engravers
• Extruding & Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Extruding & Forming Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Synthetic & Glass Fibers
• Extruding, Forming, Pressing, & Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Fabric & Apparel Patternmakers
• Fiberglass Laminators & Fabricators
• First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers
• First-Line Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers
• Food & Tobacco Roasting, Baking, & Drying Machine Operators & Tenders
• Food Batchmakers
  
• Food Cooking Machine Operators & Tenders
• Foresters
• Forging Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Foundry Mold & Coremakers
• Fuel Cell Engineers
  
• Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, & Kettle Operators & Tenders
• Furniture Finishers
• Gem & Diamond Workers
• Geothermal Production Managers
• Geothermal Technicians
• Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, & Finishers
• Grinding & Polishing Workers, Hand
• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
• Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Helpers--Production Workers
• Hoist & Winch Operators
• Human Factors Engineers & Ergonomists
  
• Hydroelectric Production Managers
• Industrial Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Industrial Engineers
  
• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
  
• Industrial Production Managers
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers
• Jewelers & Precious Stone & Metal Workers
• Lathe & Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Workers
  
• Layout Workers, Metal & Plastic
• Machine Feeders & Offbearers
• Machinists
• Manufactured Building & Mobile Home Installers
• Manufacturing Engineers
  
• Materials Engineers
  
• Materials Scientists
  
• Mathematicians
• Mechanical Drafters
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Mechanical Engineers
  
• Mechatronics Engineers
• Medical Equipment Repairers
  
• Metal-Refining Furnace Operators & Tenders
• Microsystems Engineers
• Milling & Planing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics
  
• Model Makers, Metal & Plastic
• Model Makers, Wood
• Molders, Shapers, & Casters
• Molding, Coremaking, & Casting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners
• Nanosystems Engineers
• Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists & Technicians
• Natural Sciences Managers
  
• Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
• Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
• Nuclear Technicians
• Occupational Health & Safety Specialists
  
• Occupational Health & Safety Technicians
  
• Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Patternmakers, Metal & Plastic
• Patternmakers, Wood
• Photographic Process Workers & Processing Machine Operators
• Photonics Engineers
• Photonics Technicians
• Physicists
  
• Plating Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Potters, Manufacturing
• Pourers & Casters, Metal
• Prepress Technicians & Workers
• Pressers, Textile, Garment, & Related Materials
• Print Binding & Finishing Workers
• Printing Press Operators
• Quality Control Analysts
  
• Quality Control Systems Managers
• Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
  
• Robotics Engineers
• Robotics Technicians
• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Wood
• Semiconductor Processing Technicians
  
• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, & Still Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Sewing Machine Operators
• Shoe & Leather Workers & Repairers
• Shoe Machine Operators & Tenders
• Solar Energy Systems Engineers
• Stationary Engineers & Boiler Operators
• Statisticians
  
• Stone Cutters & Carvers, Manufacturing
• Structural Metal Fabricators & Fitters
• Team Assemblers
• Textile Bleaching & Dyeing Machine Operators & Tenders
• Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Textile Knitting & Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Textile Winding, Twisting, & Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
• Timing Device Assemblers & Adjusters
• Tire Builders
• Tool Grinders, Filers, & Sharpeners
• Upholsterers
• Validation Engineers
  
• Watch & Clock Repairers
• Water Resource Specialists
  
• Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, & Samplers, Recordkeeping
• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers
• Wind Energy Engineers
• Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders

Source: National Career Clusters® Framework external site by Advance CTE (2024 edition).