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Successful Career Planning is a Five Step Process:

• Self Assessment• Career Exploration

• Goal Setting• Take Action• Evaluation

Self-Assessment

• Look at yourself honestly• Determine your talents, interests, skills,

values, and personality• Who am I?• What do I like to do?• What skills and talents do I possess?• Ask friends and family to help with your

assessment.

What’s Best for You?

• What your friends enjoy

• Look for the money• Look for areas with

lots of job openings• Father’s current job

• Parents’ desires

Career Exploration• Investigate all the

career choices, options, and opportunities available to you

• Take a variety of courses

• Participate in job shadowing

• Talk to people

Goal Two

Goal Setting• If you set a number of

short-term goals, you are more likely to reach your long-term goals

• Short-term goals should be realistic and obtainable

• Goals should be based upon your strengths and weaknesses

Goal One

Goal Three

Goal Four

Take Action• Develop a Personal

Action Plan (Career Plan) that will allow you to reach your short-term goals

• Register for the right courses

• Maintain the grades

Evaluation

• As you gain knowledge and experience, you may decide to alter your original plan

• It is never too late to move in another direction

• Things become clear with time

Occupational Classifications

People who work with:– People: Teachers, Social Workers,

Police Officers, Salespersons, Childcare Workers

– Data: Accountants, Computer Programmers, Researchers, Clerks

– Things: Drafters, Air Traffic Controllers, Electronics Technicians, Cooks

– Ideas: Artists, Writers, Musicians

Drafting/Technical Drawing• “Things” category• Accurate and neat• Attentive to details• Logical and

Systematic• Likes computers• Able to organize

work• Able to

communicate• Likes to

draw/create• Reasonable math

skills

• Education– HS + On-the-job– 1 or 2 years in a

technical college program

– 4 year college degree in Technology (ECU, NC A&T, Appalachian, UNCC) or Technology Education (NC State, Graphics Minor)

Careers Related to Technical DrawingAlmost everything that is built or constructed

starts with a plan (a drawing)

Architecture

Computer Graphics/Animation

Construction

Engineering

Interior/Industrial/Fashion Design

Manufacturing

Surveying

ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY - A40100

General Education Courses

ENG 111 Expository Writing 3ENG 114 Professional Research and Reporting 3MAT 121 Algebra and Trigonometry 3

Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3

Major Courses

ARC 111 Introduction to Architectural Technology 3ARC 112 Construction Materials and Methods 4ARC 113 Residential Architectural Technology 3ARC 114 Architectural CAD 2ARC 131 Building Codes 3ARC 211 Light Construction Technology 3ARC 213 Design Project 4ARC 220 Advanced Architectural CAD 2ARC 230 Environmental Systems 4ARC 240 Site Planning 3ARC 250 Survey of Architecture 3ARC 264 Digital Architecture 2CIS 111 Basic PC Literacy 2CIV 110 Statics/Strength of Materials 4COE 112 Co-op Work Experience I 2COE 122 Co-op Work Experience II 2

Major ElectivesSelect 8 hours from the following courses

ARC 114A Architectural CAD Lab 1ARC 212 Commercial Construction Technology 3ARC 221 Architectural 3-D CAD 3ARC 241 Contract Administration 2ARC 261 Solar Technology 2ARC 291 Selected Topics in Architectural Technology 1ARC 292 Selected Topics in Architectural Technology 2ARC 293 Selected Topics in Architectural Technology 3CIV 230 Construction Estimating 3EGR 115 Introduction to Technology 4LAR 230 Principles of Horticulture I 4LAR 231 Principles of Horticulture II 3SRV 110 Surveying I 4

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 69 Credit Hours

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CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY - A40140

General Education Courses

ENG 111 Expository Writing 3ENG 114 Professional Research and Reporting 3MAT 121 Algebra and Trigonometry 3

Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3Social/Behavioral Science Elective 3

Major Courses

CIS 111 Basic PC Literacy 2CIV 110 Statics/Strength of Materials 4CIV 111 Soils and Foundations 3CIV 125 Civil/Surveying CAD 3CIV 210 Engineering Materials 2CIV 211 Hydraulics and Hydrology 3CIV 221 Steel and Timber Design 3CIV 230 Construction Estimating 3CIV 240 Project Management 3CIV 297 Seminar in Civil Engineering Technology 2DFT 119 Basic CAD 2EGR 115 Introduction to Technology 4MAT 122 Algebra/Trigonometry II 3MAT 223 Applied Calculus 3PHY 131 Physics-Mechanics 4SRV 110 Surveying I 4SRV 111 Surveying II 4SRV 240 Topographic and Site Surveying 4

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 71 Credit Hours

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY - A40320

General Education Courses

ECO 151 Survey of Economics 3ENG 111 Expository Writing 3ENG 114 Professional Research and Reporting 3MAT 121 Algebra and Trigonometry 3

Humanities/Fine Arts Elective 3

Major Courses

COE 113 Co-op Work Experience I 3CSC 129 Technical Programming 3DFT 111 Technical Drafting I 4DFT 151 CAD I 3DFT 152 CAD II 3EGR 130 Engineering Cost Control 3ELC 111 Introduction to Electricity 3ISC 128 Industrial Leadership 2ISC 132 Manufacturing Quality Control 3MAT 122 Algebra/Trigonometry II 3MAT 223 Applied Calculus 3MEC 161 Manufacturing Processes I 3MEC 161A Manufacturing Processes I Lab 1MEC 180 Engineering Materials 3MEC 251 Statics 3MEC 252 Strength of Materials 3MEC 260 Fundamentals of Machine Design 3MEC 265 Fluid Mechanics 3MEC 267 Thermal Systems 3MEC 276 Mechanical Project Design 1PHY 131 Physics-Mechanics 4

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS 73 Credit Hours

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Engineering• Aerospace• Chemical• Civil• Electrical• Industrial• Mechanical• Metallurgical• Nuclear• Petroleum

• At least 4 years of college (often 5)

• Lots of math and science (important)

• Engineering graphics

• In North Carolina– NC A&T– NC State– UNC Charlotte– Duke

The Engineering Design Team

Various people in a corporation working together to design and create

new products• Marketing and Sales

• Research and Development• Engineering• Production• Finance

Filling Out the Application• Read the instructions carefully• Print neatly using black ink (take a pen)• Fill in all of the blanks (N/A, - )• Have the following information: (1)

address and telephone where you can be contacted, (2) driver’s license, (3) names, addresses, and telephone number of references, (4) school information to include address, telephone number, and special skills

• Never, ever lie

Resumes• A selected summary of significant facts about

you• Resumes do not get jobs, they get interviews

(three piles, yes, no, maybe)• Resumes save the employer time• Because you are not there, your resume has to

answer the questions that employers ask • Good resumes speak to the needs of the

person doing the hiring• Need to know which facts are significant to a

perspective employer

Cover Letters• Sent with resume• Links your resume to the job that you want• Do not concentrate on your needs, rather what you

can do for them• Salutation: gender if you know, if you don’t know

call and ask or skip altogether• First paragraph: Why• Second paragraph: What (you have to offer)• Third paragraph: How (to reach you) (are you

going to proceed• Closing: nothing cute

The Interview• Find out the name and

position of the person you will be meeting with (pronunciation)

• Be there approximately 5 minutes early

• May fill out application form

• Avoid dress that calls attention. Clean, neat.

Interview Do’s and Don’ts

• Don’t: – criticize past employers– try too hard, be yourself– plead how much you need a job– discuss salary or benefits until the close

• Do: – give a good handshake– take samples of your work– show letters of recommendation– arrange your qualifications in your mind– leave promptly after thanking, write thank-you