Overview of Careers in Aerospace
- Aviation Careers (brochure as PDF) (AOPA.org)
- Careers (EAA.org)
- Career Fields (FAA.gov)
- Occupational Outlook Handbook (bls.gov)
- aerospace engineers
- aerospace engineering and operations technicians
- air traffic controller
- aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and technicians
- airline and commerical pilots
- assemblers and fabricators
- electro-mechanical technicians
- flight attendants
- logisticians
- machinists and tool and die makers
- materials engineers
- mechanical engineers
- painting and coating workers
- Learn to Fly (AOPA.org)
Aerospace Job Postings
Aerospace Companies in South Carolina
- SC Aerospace Asset Map (SCAerospace.com)
- South Carolina’s Aerospace Industry Trends Towards Sustainable Growth (SCAerospace.com) (more reports available here)
Aerospace Lesson Plans and Activities
- Path to Aviation (AOPA.org) eleven modules covering topics such as “flight controls of an airplane”, “center of gravity”, and “how weather affects flying”
- Smart Skies (NASA.gov) an air traffic control simulator incorporating pre-algebra and algebra
- Civil Air Patrol (gocivilairpatrol.com) CAP’s aerospace education members receive more than 20 free aerospace education classroom materials
- Aviation Design Challenger (flytolearn.com) high school students compete in modifying an airplane design
- Build A Plane (buildaplane.org) schools receive an aircraft kit and students build the aircraft
- FAA Educator Activities (FAA.gov)
- https://www.jobsearchintelligence.com/etc/jobseekers/salary-calculator.php
- https://www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm
- https://www.bls.gov/k12/content/students/careers/career-exploration.htm
- https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecopro.pdf
- http://reports.weforum.org/future-of-jobs-2016/united-states/
- https://www.onetonline.org/find/stem/?t=0
Things to Consider when Choosing a Career
- Choosing a Career: Assess Yourself
- https://www.vawizard.org/wizard/assessment-combined
- https://www.123test.com/career-test/
- https://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip
- https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/careers/interest-assessment.aspx
- https://stemstudy.com/
- https://www.careerfitter.com/free_test/careerbuilder
- https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/Skills/skills-matcher.aspx
- http://jung.test.typologycentral.com/
- Choosing a Career: Explore Occupations
- https://www.jobsearchintelligence.com/etc/jobseekers/salary-calculator.php
- https://www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm
- https://www.bls.gov/k12/students/careers/career-exploration.htm
- https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecopro.pdf
- http://reports.weforum.org/future-of-jobs-2016/united-states/
- https://www.onetonline.org/find/stem/?t=0
- Choosing a Career: Narrow your focus
- Let’s talk about STEM
- Choosing a Career: In-depth research
- Choosing a Career: Setting goals
- Choosing a Career: Changing your mind
- What about Aerospace?