Career Exploration

Exploring your career options? We have information on a large number of careers--background, wages, local training institutions, skills, even videos. There are also studies on regional needs and labor market forecasts to help you find the career that best suits your interests and situation.

Occupational Profiles and Videos

Regional Career Database--search for information on schools that provide training for selected careers (please be patient--this is a slow database)

Labor Market Information

Regional Training Database

• by region—choose a region and occupation and find the regional pay scale and schools offering training
• by school—contact information and occupational training programs offered

Basic Skills

• Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
• Most Frequently Cited Skills Among the 50 Highest Growth Occupations in Our Region (MS Word document)
• National Healthcare Skills Standards Project

Skills Sets and Descriptions of Selected Health Occupation

• Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, except Emergency Medical Technicians
• Cardiology Technologists
• Chiropractors
• Corrective and Manual Arts Therapists
• Dental Assistants
• Dental Hygienists
• Dental Lab Technicians, Precision Dental Laboratory Technicians
• Dentists
• Dietetic Technicians
• Dieticians and Nutritionists
• Electrocardiograph Technicians
• Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists
• Emergency Medical Technicians
• Health Diagnostics Teachers, Postsecondary
• Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
• Home Health Aides
• Licensed Practical Nurses
• Medical Appliance Makers
• Medical Assistants
• Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
• Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
• Medical Records Technicians
• Medical Scientists
• Medical Secretaries
• Nuclear Medicine Technologists
• Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
• Nursing Instructors, Postsecondary
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides
• Opticians, Dispensing and Measuring
• Optometrists
• Other Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners
• Other Health Professionals, Paraprofessionals, and Technicians
• Other Health Service Workers
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy Aides
• Physical Therapists
• Physical and Corrective Therapy Assistants and Aides
• Physicians and Surgeons
• Physician's Assistants
• Podiatrists
• Precision Optical Goods Workers
• Psychiatric Aides
• Psychiatric Technicians
• Psychologists
• Radiation Therapists
• Radiologic Technologists
• Recreational Therapists
• Registered Nurses
• Respiratory Therapists
• Social Workers, Medical and Psychiatric
• Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
• Surgical Technologists and Technicians
• Veterinarians and Veterinary Inspectors
• Veterinary Assistants
• Veterinary Technicians and Technologists