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Teaching Points

Industrial Arts teachers are specialized.  One may teach engine repair while another woodworking, metalworking, welding or heating and air-conditioning.  

 

They must follow the classes needed to become a teacher and then specialize in the area they want to teach.  Some schools call them vocational teachers.

 

Specialized tools such as robotics, graphic design, soldering irons, drills, saws and advanced electronics and computer programs.  All the classes are hands-on experience from building a bench or repairing an engine on a car.

 

 

Suggested Reading

1. Careers in Focus: Technicians, Ferguson Publishing.  2010.
   Age Level: Middle School and up

2. Careers in Focus: Manufacturing, Ferguson Publishing.  2008.
   Age Level: Middle School and up

3. Careers in Focus: Engineering, Ferguson Publishing.  2007.
   Age Level: Middle School and up

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Additional Career Links 

1. Heroes Next Door:  Nebraska Industrial Arts teacher. (video)

2. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook: Career and Technical Education Teachers

3. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook: Industrial Engineering

4. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook: Industrial Production Managers

5. Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)

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