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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Careers in healthcare that directly affect the physical well-being of individuals by providing medical care, conducting diagnostics, offering therapeutic services, administering pharmaceuticals, and supporting nutrition and dental health.
This Sub-Cluster encompasses healthcare from prebirth to death, addressing all stages from pediatrics to geriatrics and mortuary sciences. It also includes careers that offer alternative and complementary health services such as homeopathy, acupuncture, and others that focus on the holistic well-being of individuals.
Example programs of study:
  • Allied Health
  • Nursing
  • Pharmacy Tech
  • Physical Therapy
  • Radiology
  • Sports Medicine
Code
Occupation
29-1291.00Acupuncturists Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
29-1141.01Acute Care Nurses Bright Outlook
29-1141.02Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Bright Outlook
29-1229.01Allergists and Immunologists
29-1071.01Anesthesiologist Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1211.00Anesthesiologists
19-3091.00Anthropologists and Archeologists Bright Outlook
29-1181.00Audiologists Bright Outlook
29-1212.00Cardiologists
29-2031.00Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
29-1011.00Chiropractors Bright Outlook
29-1141.04Clinical Nurse Specialists Bright Outlook
11-9121.01Clinical Research Coordinators Bright Outlook
39-4012.00Crematory Operators
29-1141.03Critical Care Nurses Bright Outlook
29-2011.01Cytogenetic Technologists
29-2011.02Cytotechnologists
31-9091.00Dental Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1292.00Dental Hygienists Bright Outlook
51-9081.00Dental Laboratory Technicians
29-1029.00Dentists, All Other Specialists
29-1021.00Dentists, General
29-1213.00Dermatologists Bright Outlook
29-2032.00Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Bright Outlook
29-2051.00Dietetic Technicians
29-1031.00Dietitians and Nutritionists Bright Outlook
39-4011.00Embalmers
29-2042.00Emergency Medical Technicians Bright Outlook
29-1214.00Emergency Medicine Physicians
31-9099.02Endoscopy Technicians Bright Outlook
29-1128.00Exercise Physiologists Bright Outlook
29-1215.00Family Medicine Physicians
39-4021.00Funeral Attendants
11-9171.00Funeral Home Managers
29-1216.00General Internal Medicine Physicians
29-9092.00Genetic Counselors Bright Outlook
19-3092.00Geographers
29-2099.00Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other Bright Outlook
29-1299.00Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other
29-9099.00Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other Bright Outlook
31-9099.00Healthcare Support Workers, All Other Bright Outlook
29-2092.00Hearing Aid Specialists Bright Outlook
29-2012.01Histology Technicians
19-3093.00Historians Bright Outlook
29-2011.04Histotechnologists
29-1229.02Hospitalists
29-2061.00Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
19-1099.00Life Scientists, All Other Bright Outlook
29-2035.00Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Bright Outlook
29-2012.00Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
29-2011.00Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
51-9082.00Medical Appliance Technicians
29-2036.00Medical Dosimetrists
31-9093.00Medical Equipment Preparers Bright Outlook
29-9099.01Midwives Bright Outlook
39-4031.00Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
11-9121.00Natural Sciences Managers Bright Outlook
29-1299.01Naturopathic Physicians
29-2099.01Neurodiagnostic Technologists Bright Outlook
29-1217.00Neurologists Bright Outlook
29-2033.00Nuclear Medicine Technologists
29-1151.00Nurse Anesthetists Bright Outlook
29-1161.00Nurse Midwives Bright Outlook
29-1171.00Nurse Practitioners Bright Outlook
31-1131.00Nursing Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1218.00Obstetricians and Gynecologists
31-2011.00Occupational Therapy Assistants Bright Outlook
51-9083.00Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
29-2057.00Ophthalmic Medical Technicians Bright Outlook
29-2099.05Ophthalmic Medical Technologists Bright Outlook
29-1241.00Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric
29-2081.00Opticians, Dispensing
29-1041.00Optometrists Bright Outlook
29-1022.00Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
31-1132.00Orderlies
29-1023.00Orthodontists
29-1242.00Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
29-1299.02Orthoptists
29-2091.00Orthotists and Prosthetists Bright Outlook
29-2043.00Paramedics Bright Outlook
29-2099.08Patient Representatives Bright Outlook
29-1243.00Pediatric Surgeons
29-1221.00Pediatricians, General
29-1051.00Pharmacists
31-9095.00Pharmacy Aides
29-2052.00Pharmacy Technicians Bright Outlook
31-9097.00Phlebotomists Bright Outlook
29-1229.04Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
31-2022.00Physical Therapist Aides
31-2021.00Physical Therapist Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1123.00Physical Therapists Bright Outlook
29-1071.00Physician Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1229.00Physicians, All Other
29-1222.00Physicians, Pathologists Bright Outlook
29-1081.00Podiatrists
29-1229.05Preventive Medicine Physicians
29-1024.00Prosthodontists
31-1133.00Psychiatric Aides
29-2053.00Psychiatric Technicians Bright Outlook
29-1223.00Psychiatrists Bright Outlook
29-1124.00Radiation Therapists
29-2034.00Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook
29-1224.00Radiologists
29-1141.00Registered Nurses Bright Outlook
29-1126.00Respiratory Therapists Bright Outlook
19-3099.00Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
31-9099.01Speech-Language Pathology Assistants Bright Outlook
29-1229.06Sports Medicine Physicians
29-1249.00Surgeons, All Other
29-9093.00Surgical Assistants Bright Outlook
29-2055.00Surgical Technologists Bright Outlook
29-1229.03Urologists

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