Manufacturing
The Manufacturing cluster is about combining a love of technology, engineering, and design with planning and organization skills to transform materials into products. Career opportunities are available in production, process development, quality assurance, logistics, safety, and machinery maintenance, installation, and repair.
Career Success Stars
The individual success stories of former CTE students, honored as Career Success Stars, reveal how CTE programs provide academic and technical skills for high-skill, in-demand, and high-wage careers.
Draike Hutcheson
- Instrument Electrician
- Phillip Morris USA
- Chesterfield Career and Technical Center
- Chesterfield County Public Schools
Learn more about Draike Hutcheson 's career by watching this video spotlight.
Jordan Lamie
- Maintenance Mechanic
- Hollister Incorporated
- Stuarts Draft High School
- Augusta County Public Schools
Learn more about Jordan Lamie's career by watching this video spotlight.
Andrew Galloway
- Controls Engineer
- Pearson Packaging Systems
- JR Tucker High School
- Henrico County Public Schools
Learn more about Andrew Galloway's career by watching this video spotlight.
Sarah Gentry
- General Foreman
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Academies at Loudoun
- Loudoun County Public Schools
Learn more about Sarah Gentry's career by watching this video spotlight.
Ryan Foster
- Welding Technician/ Training Specialist
- Liebherr Mining Equipment Newport News Co.
- The College & Career Academy at Pruden
- Suffolk City Public Schools
Learn more about Ryan Foster's career by watching this video spotlight.
Daniel Jenkins
- Project Manager
- Diversified Education Systems
- James Wood High School
- Frederick County Public Schools
Learn more about Daniel Jenkins' career by watching this video spotlight.