Careers in Welding/Manufacturing - Assignment Resources

I. For information on careers in Welding/Manufacturing - job descriptions, required education, salary range, or job market - visit the Oregon Career Information Systems Website . This will open in a new window. You may read the instructions below and work in the other window.

1. Login to CIS website (get username and password from librarian).
2. Under the heading for Occupations & Employment on the left side of the page, click on the link for Occupations.
3. In the alphabetical list at the top of the next page, select the link for the "W's."
4. Scroll down to "Welders or Solderers" or "Welding and Soldering Machine Operators"
   
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5. In the alphabetical list at the top of the next page, select the link for the "M's."
6. Scroll down to "Metal and Plastic Processing Workers"
7. Click on various categories for information on the left-hand side of the page.
8. For possible occupations involving drafting, click on the Occupations link on the left side of the page, under the heading, Related Information.
9. If you wish to type and save any information, make sure that you are logged into your network account!

• Occupational Outlook Handbook - The same information offered as the CIS website, but does not require username and password.
• American Welding Society - for further career information
• Monster.com - to search for jobs ads with "welding" or other skills/requirements in the description

Drafting and Design Class

I. For information on careers in Drafting/Design - job descriptions; required education; salary range; job market - visit the Oregon Career Information Systems Website . This will open in a new window - you may read the instructions below and work in the other window.

1. Login to CIS website - get username and password from librarian
2. Under the heading for Occupations & Employment on the left side of the page, click on the link for Occupations.
3. In the alphabetical list at the top of the next page, select the link for the "D's."
4. Scroll down to "Drafters."
5. Click on various categories for information on the left-hand side of the page.
6. For possible occupations involoving drafting, click on the Occupations link on the left side of the page, under the heading, Related Information.
7. If you wish to type and save any information, make sure that you are logged into your network account!

• Occupational Outlook Handbook - The same information offered as the CIS website, but does not require username and password.
• American Design Drafting Association - for further career information
• Monster.com - to search for jobs ads with "drafting" in the description
• A/E/C Job Bank - good directory of job ads in drafting related fields