Transportation,
Distribution &
about hundreds of professions. You can find OSCAR career plans include college study, ask your counselor
Logistics CTsos
at www.ioscar.org/tx. Another good place to start is about tests required for admission to college, such as
O*NET (online.onetcenter.org). the PSAT, SAT, or ACT. one of the best ways to acquire
Gather information about what you can earn in the experience in your chosen
careers in which you are interested. Find out whether seek Out special Programs career is by joining a career and
the careers you are considering have a promising Many Texas schools offer innovative programs to technical student organization
future—are they adding or losing jobs? Check out the prepare students for specific career areas. These (cTso). In Transportation,
education you’ll need to enter those careers. include career and technical education (CTE) distribution & logistics, the most
The chart on pages 10–11 presents data on 25 programs, academies, and magnet schools. helpful cTsos are:
possible professions. Remember, though, that these Once you’ve decided on a career direction, ask your
are just a sampling of careers available in the cluster. counselor about special programs in your area
• Business Professionals
Go to OSCAR, O*NET, or another resource to that may provide related experiences in your
of America (BPA)
www.texasbpa.com
investigate other careers. chosen career.
Samuel Odamah, an undergraduate student in • Future Business Leaders
Create Your TAP architecture enrolled at the University of Texas at
of America (FBLA)
Once you have a better idea of your interests and Arlington, found his career calling at Dallas’s Skyline
www.txfbla.org
abilities, you are ready to plan for high school and Career Development Center, a high school with
• SkillsUSA
beyond. The Texas Achievement Plan, or TAP, is your career programs in a number of different fields. www.txskillsusa.org
plan for preparing for the career of your choice. “Skyline is one of the few schools in the country
“Students first choose a cluster,” says Terry Brock, that offer programs in architecture,” Odamah says.
• Texas Technology Students
Association (TSA)
“not a particular occupational goal. In the eighth “In some careers, Skyline students could even get
www.texastsa.org
grade a student might choose Health Science and then professional certifications or licenses right in high
later become interested in a narrower field such as school. It was a great place because you could find out
surgery or radiology technology.” whether you really wanted to enter a career.”
The program of study you choose—your Odamah says that the career cluster system at
plan—does not stop with graduation from Skyline taught him the value of planning for his
high school, Brock emphasizes. “A student career and his life.
could then pursue a two-year degree as “We learned about
an x-ray technician or a four-year planning ahead,” he says. more THan
degree as a radiologist.” “Those who plan things
You should set up a TAP that ahead of time don’t have
27,261 aIrcrafT
takes you through career to catch up. It’s just a and approxImaTelY 1,000
preparation after high matter of what a person
HelIcopTers Have
school, revising your wants out of life. Planning
blueprint as needed as gives you a better
Texas-based owners.
you go along. If your platform for success.”
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