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Date

Career Planning
We have looked at the different career paths (directly entering the workforce, military,
apprenticeships, technical school, and college) and you have been told some career options that
you might like from Naviance.
Here, you will start to figure out a plan for how to attain three possible careers. Use the
Occupational Outlook Handbook provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to complete the
following chart. www.bls.gov/ooh
Orthodontist
Assistant
$33.75 per hour.
$70, 210 per year
Associates degree

Ultra Sound
Technician
$60,350 per year
$29.02 per hour
Associates degree

Administrative
Service Managers
$81,080 per year
$38.98 per hour
Bachelors degree

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none

none

Job Outlook 2010-20

(Percent &
Comparison Rate)
Duties
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33% (Much faster than

average)

39% (Much faster than

average)

12% (As fast as

average)

Clean teeth, provide

preventative dental
care, educate patients
on a way to improve
and maintain their
oral health

Operate special
imaging equipment to
create images or
conduct tests.
Diagnose medical
conditions.

Plan, direct, and

organize the
organization they
work for. Include
keeping records,
distributing records
and planning and
maintaining facilitates

Work Environment

Work in well-lit clean

offices

Hospital; Physicians
office

Work Schedule

More than half of

hygienists work part
time, depends on the
office youre working
in

Most diagnostic
imaging workers work
full time. Because
they work in facilities
that are always open,
some may work
evenings, weekends,
or overnight.

Administrative
services managers
spend much of their
day in an office. They
sometimes make site
visits around the
building, go outdoors
to supervise grounds
keeping activities, or
inspect other facilities
under their
management.
Most administrative
services managers
worked full time in
2012. About onefourth worked more
than 40 hours per
week.

2010 Median Pay

Entry-Level
Education
On-the-Job Training

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How to Become One
(Education,
Licenses/Certificatio
n, Advancement)

Need an associates
degree in dental
hygiene. All states
require dental
hygienists to be
licensed,
requirements vary by
state.

Job Prospects

Similar Occupations
(Choose 3)

Colleges and
universities offer both
associates and
bachelors degree
programs in
sonography and in
cardiovascular and
vascular technology.

Diagnostic imaging
personnel who are
certified are expected
to have the best job
opportunities. Job
opportunities increase
when diagnostic
imaging personnel are
certified in more than
one specialty.

Dental Assistant
Radiation therapist
Physician Assistant

Radiologic and MRI

Technologists, Nuclear
Medicine
Technologists, Medical
and Clinical
Laboratory
Technologists and
Technicians

Date
A high school diploma
or a General
Educational
Development (GED)
diploma is typically
required for someone
to become an
administrative
services manager.
However,
administrative
services managers
typically enter the
occupation with a
bachelors degree.
Those with a
bachelors degree
typically study
business, engineering,
or facility
management.
Applicants will likely
face strong
competition for the
limited number of
higher level
administrative
services management
jobs. Competition
should be less severe
for lower level
management jobs. Job
prospects also are
expected to be better
for those who can
manage a wide range
of responsibilities than
for those who
specialize in particular
functions.
Cost Estimators,
Property, Real Estate,
and Community
Association Managers,
Top Executives

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Questions: Answer each question in a short paragraph.

1. Which career seems like the best fit for you after knowing this information?
The career that seems the best for me is the dental hygienist. Im most interested in
this career.

2. What college were you thinking about going to? Does it offer the major needed to

attain this career?