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Career Planning
We have looked at the different career paths (directly entering the workforce, military,
apprenticeships, technical school, and college) and you have been told some career options that
you might like from Naviance.
Here, you will start to figure out a plan for how to attain three possible careers. Use the
Occupational Outlook Handbook provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to complete the
following chart. www.bls.gov/ooh
Career #1:
Aerospace Engineer
2010 Median Pay
Entry-Level
Education
On-the-Job Training

$103,720
Bachelors Degree

Career #2:
Architectural
Manager
$124, 870
Bachelors Degree

Career #3:
Mechanical
Engineers
$80,580
Bachelors Degree

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Job Outlook 2010-20

(Percent &
Comparison Rate)
Duties
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7% (Slower than
average)

7% (Slower than
average)

5% (Slower than
average)

Design aircraft,
spacecraft, satellites,
and missiles. Test
prototypes and make
sure they function
right.

Plan, coordinate, and

direct activities in
architectural and
engineering
companies.

Design, develop,
build, and test
mechanical and
thermal devices,
including tools,
engines, and
machines.

Work Environment

Aerospace engineers
are employed in
industries whose
workers design or
build aircraft, missiles,
systems for national
defense, or
spacecraft.

Most managers spend

their time in an office,
but they also may
work in industrial
plants and
laboratories or at
construction sites.

Work Schedule

Aerospace engineers
typically work full time.
Engineers who direct
projects must often work
extra hours to monitor
progress, to ensure that
the design meets
requirements, to
determine how to
measure aircraft
performance, to see that
production meets design

Although most
managers work full
time, about half
worked more than 40
hours a week in 2012.
As a result, workers
often experience
considerable pressure
to meet deadlines and
budgets.

Mechanical engineers
generally work in
professional office
settings. They may
occasionally visit
worksites where a
problem or piece of
equipment needs their
personal attention.
Most mechanical
engineers work full
time, and about onethird worked more
than 40 hours a week
in 2012.

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standards, and to ensure
that deadlines are met.

How to Become One

(Education,
Licenses/Certificatio
n, Advancement)

Aerospace engineers
must have a
bachelors degree in
aerospace
engineering or some
other field of
engineering or science
related to aerospace
systems.

Architectural and
engineering managers
typically need at least
a bachelors degree
and considerable work
experience.

Mechanical engineers
need a bachelors
degree. A graduate
degree is typically
needed to conduct
research.

Job Prospects

Aerospace engineers
who know how to use
collaborative
engineering tools and
processes and are
familiar with
modeling, simulation,
and robotics should
have good
opportunities.
Materials Engineers,
Electrical Engineers,
Mechanical Engineers

Those with technical

knowledge, strong
communication skills,
and years of related
work experience will
likely be in the best
position to become
managers.

Although prospects for

mechanical engineers
overall are expected
to be good, they will
be best for those with
training in the latest
software tools,
particularly for
computational design
and simulation.
Drafters, Physicists
and Astronomers,
Sales Engineers

Similar Occupations
(Choose 3)

Construction
managers, Natural
Sciences Manager,
Civil Engineers

Questions: Answer each question in a short paragraph.

1. Which career seems like the best fit for you after knowing this information?
The Aerospace Engineer career seems like the best fit for me after knowing
all of this information. I am most interested in this type of engineering.
Designing aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, missiles, and other technology
seems like the perfect job for me. Not only would I be doing something that
I love, but I would also be making a good amount of money as well. You
dont need any more education after graduating with a bachelors degree,
so I would be making money quicker than someone who would have to
receive further education. I also fit the job prospects or this career because
I am familiar with modeling, and simulation.

2. What college were you thinking about going to? Does it offer the major needed to
attain this career?

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I was thinking of going to Ohio State University. I am thinking of this college

because it offers so many opportunities with many different majors,
athletics, and even a Naval ROTC program that I am interested in. Yes it
does offer the major that I need to obtain this career. OSU also has a highly
ranked engineering program. If I end up changing majors like many
freshmen do, at OSU there are many other majors to choose from, that
private colleges might not have. Ohio State University offers the major I
need to become an Aerospace Engineer along with other endless
possibilities.