Manufacturing Career Pathways

Involves the production of food such as fat & oil, juice, chewing gums, cereals, animal feeds, coffees, and more. This sub-category can be also be separated into different categories like Grain and Oilseed Milling, Sugar and Confectionary Product Manufacturing, Dairy Product Manufacturing, Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging, etc.

Is the manufacturing of beverages and tobacco products, including ice manufacturing because it uses the same production process as water purification.

Specializes in the production of woven fabrics, carpets, yarn, braids, threads, rugs, and more from basic fiber (natural or synthetic).

This sector deals with cutting and sewing fabric and manufacturing clothing garments. It may also create clothing from other materials like fur and plastics.

This sector works on animal hides and turns them into leather through tanning or curing and then into products for final consumption (including footwear, but excluding apparel). It also includes manufacturing leather substitutes, such as rubber, plastics, or textiles.

Includes manufacturing lumber, plywood, wood flooring, prefab buildings, and more. The production processes includes sawing, planing, shaping, laminating, and assembling of wood products using different cuts of wood.

Paper manufacturing includes making pulp, paper, or converted paper products. Printing and Related Support manufacturing focuses on print products, such as newspapers, magazines, sheets, stationery, and other materials, and may include support activities like bookbinding.

This manufacturing refines raw materials like coal and crude into lubricating oils, asphalt coatings, petrol, diesels, and other useful refined resources

Takes organic and inorganic raw materials through a chemical process to manufacture products such as pharmaceutical drugs and medicine, resin, synthetic materials, pesticides, fertilizer, paint, adhesives, and more.

Processes plastics materials and raw rubber to make goods.

Converts sand, gravel, clay, refractory materials, and other mined or quarried nonmetallic minerals into products for intermediate or final consumption. The processes include grinding, mixing, cutting, etc. and usually incorporates heat and chemicals.

Has two main groupings: Primary Metal Manufacturing and Fabricated Metal Manufacturing. Primary Metal Manufacturing is the smelting and/or refining metals from ore, pig, or scrap, using electrometallurgical and other techniques. It includes Iron and Steel Mills, Aluminum Production and Processing, Nonferrous Metal Production and Processing, and Foundries. Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing changes metal into intermediate or end products, excluding machinery, computers and electronics, and metal furniture. Processes in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing are forging, stamping, bending, forming, machining, welding, and assembling.

This manufacturing creates the equipment that is used to perform work across all manufacturing industries.

Is the manufacturing of computers, computer peripherals, communications equipment, and components for these products by using integrated circuits and highly specialized miniaturization technologies.

Is the manufacturing of products that generate, distribute and use electrical power like lamp bulbs, lighting fixtures, household appliances, electric motors, generators, transformers, batteries, insulated wires, electrical outlets, and more.

Is the production of equipment for transporting people and goods, including motor vehicles, ships, boats, airplanes, railcars, trolleys, and more.

Is the production of household and commercial furniture and related items, such as mattresses, window blinds, cabinets, and fixtures. This sector may also include design services.

Is the manufacturing of medical devices for therapy, implants, surgery, monitoring, and diagnostics.