Demonstrate safe practices for manual lifting, load lifting, and rigging procedures.
Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.
Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.
Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.
Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.
Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.
Discuss and demonstrate ways to value diversity.
Demonstrate basic hardware and software technology skills in using digital devices.
Examples: using a personal computer, managing files, using the Internet, using application programs
Explain personal and societal benefits of participating in the workforce.
Deliver workplace presentations that utilize eye contact, clear enunciation, and visual aids during presentations to enhance and sustain listeners’ attention and interest.
Identify, select, and prepare support materials to accompany a workplace presentation, including tables, charts, and technology.
Utilize active listening skills to obtain, clarify, and summarize information in the workplace.
Summarize written materials from various career resources clearly, succinctly, and accurately.
Demonstrate positive work behaviors and personal qualities, including willingness to acquire new knowledge and skills, integrity in a work situation, and willingness to follow rules and procedures.
Describe employment skills needed for obtaining and maintaining a job.
Examples: punctuality, communication, attention to detail
Demonstrate interpersonal skills, including teamwork, conflict management, problem-solving, and networking.
Research and demonstrate leadership skills for creating an environment that fosters mutual trust and respect.
Locate resources to determine job and career opportunities related to fields covered in the Alabama Career and Technical Education Clusters.
Describe each of the Alabama Career and Technical Education Clusters.
Identify employment opportunities to match personal interests and aptitudes.
Create a personal plan of study to meet career goals and objectives and cite resources used to create the plan.
Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.
Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.
Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.
Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.
Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.
Participate in a work-based learning continuum.
Research and compare career opportunities that are related to individual aptitude, skills, interests, and abilities.
Describe the relationship between career planning and educational achievement.
Research a chosen profession and outline an academic plan to prepare for that profession, including any degrees and certifications that are prerequisites for employment.
Demonstrate how to locate, evaluate, and identify career opportunities for a specific career.
Utilize career resources, career ladders, and career webs.
Research and report on employment trends and opportunities for career advancement.
Analyze the impact of population, climate, and geographic location on occupational opportunities.
Explain the impact of continued education and career training on financial stability and lifestyle freedom.
