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Industry roles and career pathways · Lesson 3 of 4

Industry roles and career pathways: methods and worked application

A seven-step method for planning a pathway, how to read dated government numbers, and five worked calculations: program length, an apprentice wage step, a printed wage, a ten-year projection and a fatality rate.

You will be able to: Plan a pathway with a documented seven-step method, read a BLS Quick Facts box with its dates, compare roles with dated numbers, and check wage, program-length, projection and fatality-rate arithmetic with units.

10 min · 11 slides · 7 questions

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A seven-step method

1 Pick the occupation and its code. 2 Read its BLS Quick Facts and note the reference period and page date. 3 Check the usual entry route.

4 Confirm a program is registered and read its standards. 5 List the safety training the employer must give. 6 Name a target credential and its eligibility. 7 Write the assumptions and dates in a pathway packet.

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Glossary

Median
The middle wage for an occupation: half of workers earn less and half earn more. It is not what any one employer will offer.
Reference period
The time a statistic describes, such as May 2025 for BLS wages or 2025 to 2035 for job projections. Print it beside every number.
Quick Facts
The summary box at the top of each BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook page: median pay, entry education, training, jobs, outlook and employment change.
Job outlook
BLS projects the percent change in jobs for an occupation over ten years; for these roles it covers 2025 to 2035.
Fatal work injury rate
Fatal injuries per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers, which lets groups of different sizes be compared.