Manufacturing Career Cluster

The Manufacturing career cluster focuses on planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance, and process engineering.

This career cluster includes occupations ranging from welder and machinist to industrial engineering technician and semiconductor processing technician.

Salary and job descriptions for select careers in this cluster:

Campuses with Programs in Manufacturing

High School

  • Akins ECHS
  • Anderson High School
  • LASA
  • LBJ

CTE Programs of Study/Offered Courses

  • Principles of Manufacturing
  • Principles of Applied Engineering
  • Robotics I & II
  • Manufacturing Engineering Technology I
  • Engineering Design & Presentation I
  • Practicum in Manufacturing

  • Principles of Manufacturing
  • Digital Electronics
  • Agricultural Mechanics & Metal Technologies
  • Practicum in Manufacturing
  • Diversified Manufacturing

  • Principles of Manufacturing
  • Metal Fabrication and Machining I
  • Precision Metal Manufacturing I & II