Read about the work of engineering, science and computer systems managers, their training requirements and the prospects for these occupations.

Guide includes a job outlook and description, as well as information on training and professional advancement for Brickmasons, Blockmasons, and Stonemasons.

This site is from States Department of Labor supplies information on the carpentry job industry. Data includes earnings, training, and job outlook.

Find out about the profession of civil engineering. Take a look at working condition, salary expectations, and the job market.

Learn about the nature of work, working conditions, employment prospects and salaries of heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration technicians.

This resource includes information on employment outlook, training, earnings and job tasks for painters, construction workers, and maintenance crews.

Learn all about the painting trade, the working conditions, and employment outlook for painting and coating workers.

Learn about the nature of the work done by surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists. Includes a job outlook and expected income.

In this activity students examine and learn about the various jobs and skills within manufacturing careers.

Manufacturing is discussed by various employees of Rexroth, Just Born Candy, Coca-Cola and Martin Guitars. Steve Morrow, General Manager of the Coca-Cola plant begins the tour, followed by Ross Born from Just Born Candy. Products highlighted are Just Born Peeps, Martin Guitars and Coca-Cola sodas. Technologies highlighted are robotics and the use of AutoCAD. The last section highlights what these employers look for when evaluating employees that will be hired.

Virtual Tour provides a quick snapshot of the different clips in this 6-episode series. Use of this video will enable you to help your students preview careers in the other episodes of the Career Gates series. Careers that are highlighted are manufacturing, healthcare and logistics. The other pieces in the series highlight skills that are necessary to succeed: leadership, soft skills and a desire to learn and adapt older processes to newer technologies.

Have you ever wondered why it takes such a long period of time for NASA to build space exploration equipment? What is involved in manufacturing and building a rover for the Red Planet? During this lesson, students will discover the journey that a Mars rover embarks upon after being designed by engineers and before being prepared for launch. Students will investigate the fabrication techniques, tolerance concepts, assembly and field-testing associated with a Mars exploratory rover.

Students learn about the manufacturing phase of the engineering design process. They start by building prototypes, which is a special type of model used to test new design ideas. Students gain experience using a variety of simple building materials, such as foam core board, balsa wood, cardstock and hot glue. They present their prototypes to the class for user testing and create prototype iterations based on feedback. (Note: Conduct this activity in the context of a design project that students are working on; this activity is Step 5 in a series of six that guide students through the engineering design loop.)

As students learn more about the manufacturing process, they use the final prototypes created in the previous activity to evaluate, design and manufacture final products. Teams work with more advanced materials and tools, such as plywood, Plexiglas, metals, epoxies, welding materials and machining tools. (Note: Conduct this activity in the context of a design project that students are working on; this activity is Step 6 in a series of six that guide students through the engineering design loop.)

Students act as Mars exploratory rover engineers. They evaluate rover equipment options and determine what parts fit in a provided NASA budget. With a given parts list, teams use these constraints to design for their rover. The students build and display their edible rover at a concluding design review.

Students act as Mars exploratory rover engineers, designing, building and displaying their edible rovers to a design review. To begin, they evaluate rover equipment and material options to determine which parts might fit in their given NASA budget. With provided parts and material lists, teams analyze their design options and use their findings to design their rovers.