Professional, Technical and Kindred Workers - Where They Come From Where They Go in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Information for Student Career Planning

Oct 6, 2026

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Intended for occupational and education planning by students and counselors, this document provides structured information on the 106 occupations in the professional, technical, and kindred workers cluster from the U.S. Census. Occupations are organized by field of interest. For each occupation, it includes a one-page narrative definition, personal qualifications, job duties, advantages and disadvantages, preparation and training, and sources for additional information. Census-based employment mobility bar graphs for 1965–1970 accompany summaries of major shifts or similarities and list job titles for each occupation.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages206

Reading Time8 h 39 min

AccessFree to download

Background of the Project

Information — The Fuel of the Decision-Maker

Organization of the Material

Glossary for Use

Professional, Technical, and Kindred Workers

Accountants

Architects

Computer specialists

Engineers

Lawyers and judges

Librarians, archivists, and curators

Mathematical specialists

Life and physical scientists

Operations and systems researchers and analysts

Physicians, dentists, and related practitioners

Health technologists and technicians

Religious workers

Social scientists

College and university professors

CE 00973360 DOCU四ETT RESUNE ED 133608 Driscol1,Jeanne Baker;Hert,Eduin L. AUTHOR # Pro fessiona1,Technical and Kindred Workers:WhereThey.Come From,Where They Go In The Commonwealth ofPen nsylvania.Information For Student CareerPla nning. ## TITLE Pennsylvania State Univ.,University Park.Dept.of.Counselor Education. INSTITUTION Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit forVocational Education,Harrisburg. ## SPONS AGENCY REPORT NO ,VT-103-529 19-5802 BUREAU NO Aug 76 PUB DATE NOTE . 2041· 2 HF-$0.83'HC-$11.37 Plus Postage.*Career Change:Career Planning;Ce nsus Figures;*Employme nt Patterns;*Employment Qualifications;Employment Statistics;Graphs;*0ccupationalclusters;*0ccupational Information;*0ccupationalMobility;Occupations;Professiona1 Occupation s;Technical Occupa'tions*Pennsylyania10 ## EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS ## IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT Intended for use in occupational and educationplanning by students and counselors,this document containsinfor mation abot the 106 occupations which are included in theprofessional,technical,and kindred workers cluster of the 0.Scensus.The occupations are grouped by field of interest.For eachoccupation;the information provided.includes a one-page narrativedescription.of the occupation along with census data on occupationalmobility in Pennsylvania expressed in the form of bar graphs.Thenarrative briefly defines the occupatian,then discusses _personalqualifications,job duties,possible advantages and disadvantages,preparation and training,and sources of additional information.Onebar graph depicts the.1965 activities of al1.1970 workers in theoccupation.This is folloved by a paragraph highlighting some of_themajor shifts or similarities in workers'occupations betveen1965 and1970.The secona*graph shows what 196.5 workers in an occupation weredoing in 1970.The·total number of workers in the occupation is givenfor 1965 and 1970,along with alist of·job titles ·classifiedunderthe occupational,heading.(RG) *******************************************步***************************Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished **materials not available from other sources.ERIC makes every effort**to obtain the best·copy available Nevertheless,items of marginal **reproducibility,are often encoun terea and this affects the quality * ★ L 69 a h rAAonT ronr a + ne 卫D TC koe t ¹1ohlo 本*of the microfiche and hardcoPy reproductions ERIC 血akes available*via'the ERIC Document.Reproduction Service(EDRS)·EDRS is not *responsible for the quality of the original document.Reproductions **supplied·by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. ************************************************************************* — 0133608 意 PROFESSIONAL,TECHNICAL AND KINDRED WORKERS Where They Come FromWhere They Go In The Commonwealth of-Pennsylvanla ## Infornation For Student Career Planning JEANNE BAKER DRISCDLLEDWIN I.HERR 1 The Pennsylvania State UniversityDepartment of Counselor Education August 1976 U.5.OEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,EOUCATIONaWELFARENATIONALYNSTITUTE OF3EDUC4TION THIS DoCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO-DUCED EXACTLY A9 RECEIVED FROMTHE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN-ATING IT POINTS OF VIew OR OPINIONSSTATED D0 NOT NECESSARILY REPRE·SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OFEDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of EducationBureau of Vocational Education· Research Coordinating Unit(Project No.19-5002) 9-3802 VT103529 2 ) 1 Background of the Project Information一The Fuel of the Decision-MakerOrganizacton of the MaterialGLlossary Jfor Use7 Pro fessiona1,Technica1,and Kindred Workers ACcountants Architects Computer ispecialists. Computer programmersComputet systems analystsComputer specialists,n.e.c. Engineers Aeronautical and astronautical engineersChemical engineersCiyil engineers Electrical and electronic engineersIndustri

FAQs

What kind of information does the document provide for each occupation?

Each occupation includes a one-page narrative description plus census-based occupational mobility data presented through bar graphs for Pennsylvania.

How are occupations organized in the document?

Occupations are grouped by field of interest, and each group includes detailed occupation narratives and employment mobility graph summaries.

What do the bar graphs cover for workers in Pennsylvania?

The graphs depict 1965 activities of all 1970 workers in an occupation, and they also show what 1965 workers were doing in 1970, including total worker counts and job-title lists.

Oct 6, 2026

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