Browse by Career Cluster

The National Career Clusters® Framework serves as an organizing tool for programs, curriculum design and instruction. Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. They can help focus plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.

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This Cluster focuses on professions involved in designing, planning, managing, and executing projects in the built environment.
It emphasizes sustainable building practices to ensure that structures are both environmentally responsible and resilient. Careers in this Cluster are pivotal in creating durable infrastructure that meets present needs without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own, covering a range of roles from architects and engineers to construction managers and skilled tradespeople.
Sub-Cluster
Code
Occupation
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-1011.00Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-3011.00Architectural and Civil Drafters
Architecture & Civil Engineering11-9041.00Architectural and Engineering Managers Bright Outlook
Architecture & Civil Engineering11-9041.01Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Bright Outlook
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-1021.00Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Bright Outlook
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-3022.00Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-2051.00Civil Engineers Bright Outlook
Architecture & Civil Engineering27-1029.00Designers, All Other
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-3012.00Electrical and Electronics Drafters
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-2199.03Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-2199.00Engineers, All Other
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-1022.01Geodetic Surveyors Bright Outlook
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-1012.00Landscape Architects
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-2199.11Solar Energy Systems Engineers
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-1022.00Surveyors Bright Outlook
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-2051.01Transportation Engineers Bright Outlook
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-2051.02Water/Wastewater Engineers Bright Outlook
Architecture & Civil Engineering17-2199.10Wind Energy Engineers
Architecture & Civil Engineering; Skilled Trades17-3029.00Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
Architecture & Civil Engineering; Skilled Trades17-3029.01Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
Construction Planning & Development47-4011.00Construction and Building Inspectors
Construction Planning & Development11-9021.00Construction Managers Bright Outlook
Construction Planning & Development13-1051.00Cost Estimators
Construction Planning & Development47-4011.01Energy Auditors
Construction Planning & Development19-3051.00Urban and Regional Planners
Construction Planning & Development; Equipment Operation & Maintenance49-1011.00First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Construction Planning & Development; Skilled Trades47-1011.00First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers Bright Outlook
Construction Planning & Development; Skilled Trades47-1011.03Solar Energy Installation Managers Bright Outlook
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-5041.00Continuous Mining Machine Operators
Equipment Operation & Maintenance53-7021.00Crane and Tower Operators
Equipment Operation & Maintenance53-7031.00Dredge Operators
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-5023.00Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
Equipment Operation & Maintenance49-2094.00Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-5022.00Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-5032.00Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-5099.00Extraction Workers, All Other
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-4051.00Highway Maintenance Workers
Equipment Operation & Maintenance53-7041.00Hoist and Winch Operators
Equipment Operation & Maintenance45-4022.00Logging Equipment Operators
Equipment Operation & Maintenance49-9043.00Maintenance Workers, Machinery Bright Outlook
Equipment Operation & Maintenance49-3042.00Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines Bright Outlook
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-2073.00Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-2071.00Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-2072.00Pile Driver Operators
Equipment Operation & Maintenance47-5049.00Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other
Equipment Operation & Maintenance; Skilled Trades49-9099.01Geothermal Technicians
Equipment Operation & Maintenance; Skilled Trades49-9099.00Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
Skilled Trades47-2011.00Boilermakers
Skilled Trades47-2021.00Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Skilled Trades51-7011.00Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Skilled Trades47-2031.00Carpenters
Skilled Trades47-2041.00Carpet Installers
Skilled Trades47-2051.00Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
Skilled Trades47-4099.00Construction and Related Workers, All Other
Skilled Trades47-2061.00Construction Laborers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades49-9012.00Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
Skilled Trades47-2081.00Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Skilled Trades51-2022.00Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-2111.00Electricians Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades51-2023.00Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-4021.00Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-4031.00Fence Erectors
Skilled Trades47-2042.00Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-2043.00Floor Sanders and Finishers
Skilled Trades51-7021.00Furniture Finishers
Skilled Trades47-2121.00Glaziers
Skilled Trades49-9021.00Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-3019.00Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-3011.00Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
Skilled Trades47-3012.00Helpers--Carpenters
Skilled Trades47-3013.00Helpers--Electricians
Skilled Trades49-9098.00Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Skilled Trades47-3014.00Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
Skilled Trades47-3015.00Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-3016.00Helpers--Roofers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades49-9031.00Home Appliance Repairers
Skilled Trades47-2131.00Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
Skilled Trades47-2132.00Insulation Workers, Mechanical
Skilled Trades49-9094.00Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
Skilled Trades49-9071.00Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades49-9011.00Mechanical Door Repairers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades49-9044.00Millwrights
Skilled Trades51-7031.00Model Makers, Wood
Skilled Trades47-2141.00Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Skilled Trades51-9123.00Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
Skilled Trades47-2142.00Paperhangers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades51-7032.00Patternmakers, Wood
Skilled Trades17-3029.08Photonics Technicians
Skilled Trades47-2151.00Pipelayers
Skilled Trades47-2161.00Plasterers and Stucco Masons
Skilled Trades47-2152.00Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades49-9045.00Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
Skilled Trades47-2171.00Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
Skilled Trades47-2181.00Roofers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades49-2098.00Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-4091.00Segmental Pavers
Skilled Trades47-2211.00Sheet Metal Workers
Skilled Trades47-2231.00Solar Photovoltaic Installers Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-2152.04Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades47-2022.00Stonemasons
Skilled Trades47-2221.00Structural Iron and Steel Workers
Skilled Trades47-2082.00Tapers
Skilled Trades47-2053.00Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
Skilled Trades47-2044.00Tile and Stone Setters Bright Outlook
Skilled Trades51-4111.00Tool and Die Makers
Skilled Trades47-4099.03Weatherization Installers and Technicians
Skilled Trades51-4121.00Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Skilled Trades51-4122.00Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Skilled Trades51-7099.00Woodworkers, All Other

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