manufacturing cluster

Parts and Warehousing Operations and Maintenance Pathway
This pathway provides planned learning activities designed to allow students to gain knowledge and skills applicable to the Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations occupation. Students are instructed in areas of safety, inventory management, warehouse operations, and inventory control. 

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transportation, distribution & logistics cluster

Auto-Body/Collision and Repair Technology Pathway
People in this profession repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.

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Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Pathway
Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing aircraft on nonscheduled air carrier routes, or helicopters. Requires Commercial Pilot certificate. Includes charter pilots with similar certification, and air ambulance and air tour pilots. Excludes regional, national, and international airline pilots.

Flight crew members monitor safety of the aircraft cabin. Provide services to airline passengers, explain safety information, serve food and beverages, and respond to emergency incidents.

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Automotive Mechanics Technology Pathway
People in this profession diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.
Available at
Auburn High School
Belvidere High School
Belvidere North High School
Byron High School
Harlem High School
Hononegah High School*
Jefferson High School
Roosevelt High School
South Beloit High School
​​*Offered as a CEANCI regional program to all schools

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Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor Pathway
Drive bus or motor coach, including regular route operations, charters, and private carriage. May assist passengers with baggage. May collect fares or tickets.

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Aircraft Powerplant Technology Pathway
Peopel in this profession diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul aircraft engines and assemblies, such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

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Forklift Operation Pathway
People in this profession operate industrial trucks or tractors equipped to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.

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No education requirements
Most jobs in these careers have no training or experience requirements; some might require a high school diploma.

• Aircraft Service Attendants
• Bus Drivers, School
• Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
• Taxi Drivers

High school diploma
Most jobs in these careers require a diploma and some previous work experience.

• Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
• Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
• Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
• Automotive Body and Related Repairers
• Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
• Bicycle Repairers
• Billing and Posting Clerks
• Bridge and Lock Tenders
• Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
• Cargo and Freight Agents
• Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
• Couriers and Messengers
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
• First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
• First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
• Freight Forwarders
• Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
• Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
• Light Truck Drivers
• Locomotive Engineers
• Motorboat Operators
• Packers and Packagers, Hand
• Parking Attendants
• Passenger Attendants
• Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
• Rail Car Repairers
• Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
• Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
• Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers
• Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
• Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
• Recycling Coordinators
• Sailors and Marine Oilers
• Subway and Streetcar Operators
• Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
• Tire Repairers and Changers
• Wellhead Pumpers

Experience or associate’s degree
Most jobs in these careers require community or technical college training, related work experience, or an associate’s degree.

• Air Traffic Controllers
• Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
• Airfield Operations Specialists
• Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
• Avionics Technicians
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
• Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
• Commercial Pilots
• Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
• Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
• Flight Attendants
• Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
• Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
• Motorcycle Mechanics
• Ship Engineers
• Signal and Track Switch Repairers
• Traffic Technicians

Bachelor’s degree
Most jobs in these careers require a four-year degree and often require related experience.

• Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
• Logisticians
• Logistics Analysts
• Logistics Engineers
• Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Pathway information provided by the Illinois State Board of Education. Occupation videos and links provided by careeronestop.com