Listed below are approved specialized occupation areas. Learn how to certify here.
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Agriculture
Business and Marketing
Education and Training
Family & Consumer Sciences
Health
Industrial & Emerging Technology
Agriculture Occupation Areas
- Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences
- Natural resources and conservation
- Environmental design
- Landscape architecture
- Agricultural biological engineering
- Forest engineering, biological and biomedical sciences
- Parks, recreation and leisure facilities management
- Geological and earth sciences/geosciences
- Veterinary/animal health technician/veterinary assistant
- Environmental health
- Veterinary medicine
Business and Marketing Occupation Areas
- Computer and information sciences and support services
- Accounting and computer information services
- Business/commerce, general
- Business administration, management and operations
- Accounting
- Business operations support and assistant services
- Business/corporate communications
- Business/managerial economics
- Entrepreneurial and small business operations
- Finance and financial management services
- Hospitality administration/management
- Human resources management and services
- International business
- Management information systems and services
- Management sciences and quantitative methods
- Marketing; Real estate; Taxation; Insurance
- General sales, merchandising & related marketing operations
- Specialized sales, merchandising & marketing operations;
- Business, management, marketing & related support services
Education and Training Occupation Areas
- Occupational areas of secondary education & teaching
- Jr. high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching
- Elementary education and teaching
- Kindergarten/preschool education and teaching
- Early childhood education and teaching
- Adult education and teaching
- Special education
Family & Consumer Sciences Occupation Areas
- Culinary arts
- Kindergarten/preschool education and teaching
- Early childhood education and teaching
- Family and consumer sciences/human sciences
- Nutrition sciences
- Interior design
- Hospitality administration/management
- Fashion merchandising
- Fashion modeling
- Apparel and accessories marketing operations
- Tourism and travel services marketing operations
- Tourism promotion operations
- Hospitality and recreation marketing operations
Health Careers Occupation Areas
- Exercise physiology
- Kinesiology & exercise science
- Medical/clinical assistant
- Clinical/medical laboratory assistant
- Pharmacy technician/assistant
- Medical radiologic technology/science-radiation therapist
- Radiologic technology/science-radiographer
- Physician assistant
- Athletic training/trainer
- Clinical/medical laboratory technician
- Clinical laboratory science/medical technology/technologist
- Phlebotomy/phlebotomist
- Medicine
- Nursing/registered nurse
- Osteopathic medicine/osteopathy
- Pharmacy
- Physical therapy/therapist
- Kinesiotherapy/kinesiotherapist
Industrial & Emerging Technology Occupation Areas
- Audiovisual communications technologies/technicians
- Graphic communications (journalism)
- Cosmetology and personal grooming services
- Electrical engineering technologies/technicians
- Electromechanical instrumentation and maintenance technologies/technicians
- Environmental control technologies/technicians
- Industrial production technologies/technicians
- Quality control & safety technologies/technicians
- Mechanical engineering related technologies/technicians
- Mining & petroleum technologies/technicians
- Construction engineering technologies
- Engineering-related technologies
- Computer engineering technologies/technicians
- Drafting/design engineering technologies/technicians
- Security & protective services
- Mason/masonry
- Carpenters
- Electrical & power transmission installers
- Building/construction finishing, mgmt. & inspection
- Electrical/electronics maintenance & repair technology
- Heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration maintenance technology/technician
- Heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies
- Precision systems maintenance & repair technologies
- Vehicle maintenance & repair technologies
- Precision metal working
- Construction/heavy equipment/earthmoving equipment operation
- Design and visual communications, general
- Commercial and advertising art
- Industrial design
- Commercial photography
- Visual performing arts