Career Areas & Skill Sets

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Oregon’s Career Areas provide an organizational framework for Program of Study curriculum design. The Skill Sets contained within each Career Area are industry reviewed and represent the knowledge and skills students need in order to be successful.

Here you will find links to the National Career Clusters, and Oregon’s Career Areas and Skill Sets.

Oregon's Career Learning Areas
Oregon's Career Learning Areas (CLA) are six broad groupings of instructional areas, comprised of related careers, which provide context for academic, technical, and career learning.

Oregon Skill Sets
The Oregon Skill Sets are a collection of industry-validated expectations of what students should know and be able to do in order to be successful in Oregon’s educational and career environments.
- Learn more about the Oregon Skill Sets.
National Career Clusters Framework
This website is the home of the nationally developed skill sets initiated by the National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc). These skill sets were the foundation for the Oregon Skill Sets, which were refined by Oregon business and industry partners to align with Oregon’s economic and educational needs.

The CTE brand logo, brand positioning theme and brand extensions are the property of NASDCTEc.

It is a policy of the State Board of Education and a priority of the Oregon Department of Education that there will be no discrimination or harassment on the grounds of race, color, sex, marital status, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or disability in any educational programs, activities or employment. Persons having questions about equal opportunity and nondiscrimination should contact the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction at the Oregon Department of Education, 255 Capitol Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97310; phone 503-947-5740; or fax 503-378-4772.

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