Career Cluster / Pathway Planner Organizer

List the Career Clusters that you discovered as being best suited to your skills and
interests:
1. Architecture and Construction
2. Business, Management and Administration
3. Education and Training

List the top eight to ten Career Occupations related to your Career Cluster(s):
1. Architect
2. Civil Engineer Technician
3. Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operator
4. Small Business Owner
5. Management Analyst
6. Accountant (CPA)
7. Professional Athlete
8. Translator
9.
10.

Complete the table below for the top three career occupations that most interest you
using information gathered from your research.
Career/Occupation # 1: Accountant (CPA)
Job Description: Accountants perform a broad range of accounting, auditing, tax, and
consulting tax.
Earnings: $35,119 - $114,663
Working Conditions: Some accountants work in offices, some at home, and some travel
to clients places for business. Usually work alone.

Required Education/Training: University Degree, professional training program, either

two years or 30 months of on the job training.
Essential Skills Required: Analytic Skills, communication skills, detail oriented, math
skills, organizational skills.
Future Prospects: It is going to have a quite a big increase in employment in the
upcoming years.
Possible Education/Training program: University
School/institution name: York University
Location of school/institution: Toronto, Ontario
Program name: Accounting
Length of program: 1 Year
Approximate cost of program (e.g., tuition): $7,333.87
Pre-requisites for the program (what high school courses do you need?): Grade 12
University level math. (MDM4U, MHF4U, or MCV4U)
Career/Occupation # 2: Professional Athlete
Job Description: Professional Athletes workout, train, practice, adhere to special diets to
further develop their physical conditioning for competition.
Earnings: $22,953 - $85,074
Working Conditions: Outdoor sports will be exposed to all weather conditions of the
season in which their sport takes place. Going to competitions that may need long bus
rides, planes, maybe even international trips.
Required Education/Training: Extensive training, background of athletic training and
college studies is strongly recommended
Essential Skills Required: Motivation, optimism, strength, dedication, athleticism,
concentration, stamina, teamwork

Future Prospects: Slowly increasing in employment rate.

Possible Education/Training program: Secondary School
School/institution name: Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
Location of school/institution: Sarnia, Ontario
Program name: Sports & Recreation Management
Length of program: 1 Year
Approximate cost of program (e.g., tuition): $5,344.54
Pre-requisites for the program (what high school courses do you need?): High School
Diploma, Grade 12 English
Career/Occupation # 3: Translator
Job Description: Translate written material from one language to another.
Earnings: $35,119 - $89,289
Working Conditions: Work from home. Receive and submit work electronically.
Sometimes there are tough deadlines
Required Education/Training: University degree in translation, fluency in three
languages, and a membership in a provincial or territorial association of translators.
Essential Skills Required: Business Skills, concentration, speaking skills, writing skills,
interpersonal skills.
Future Prospects: Slowly increasing in employment rate.
Possible Education/Training program: University
School/institution name: Carleton University
Location of school/institution: Ottawa, Ontario
Program name: American Sign Language
Length of program: 1 Year

Approximate cost of program (e.g., tuition): $7,160.92

Pre-requisites for the program (what high school courses do you need?): You must
already have a degree or be registered in a degree program at Carleton University with
a CGPA of 5.0 or higher.
Answer the following reflective questions.
1. Make connections between your learning style (auditory, visual, kinesthetic) and
your chosen pathways. Which learning style is needed for each of the
occupations you chose? Is there one occupation that matches your style most?
If so, which one explain your answer.
I am a visual-kinesthetic learner. I dont see how me being an accountant is related
to my learning style because you always have to be sitting in an office. Maybe the
visual side of my learning can be connected if I have to look for patterns in our
businesses selling rates, but other than that it doesnt really connect. As for me
being a translator, I can kind of see it being connected but also like the accountant
job, not really. I just dont see how me being a kinesthetic learner, even if Im also
partly visual, is good for sitting around all day looking at a text document changing it
into another language. Maybe if I found another way to satisfy both my visual and
kinesthetic sides while doing this job and the accountant, they would be great
choices. Being a professional athlete is probably my best choice out of these
options. I can use my visual-kinesthetic learning style to achieve a lot in this
department. Ill always be moving and working out and I can look at techniques
visually to help me improve.

2. Make connections with your learning skills and habits. Which learning skills are
necessary for your chosen occupations? Which occupation is in line with your
learning skill strengths the most? Are there any learning skills youd need to
improve in? How would you do this?
I would have to say all three jobs I chose go together with my learning skills. There is
really only 1 learning skill that is making me lean towards a certain job rather than
the other two. That skill is my organisation. I cant be a great accountant or translator
with bad organisation, but if I was a professional athlete I dont think organisation
would matter.

3. What are some possible challenges that you might face in pursuing your chosen
occupations? How might you be able to overcome them?

I will face a lot of challenges in being a professional athlete. First I have to become
accustomed to all the new and healthier foods I will be eating, along with all the training
I will be doing day in and day out. I also have to deal with the fact that I wont always
win and may not make it far so I have to have a backup job plan.