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Manufacturing Career Cluster

The Manufacturing career cluster focuses on planning, managing, and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance, and process engineering. This career cluster includes occupations ranging from welder and machinist to industrial engineering technician and semi-conductor processing technician.

Statewide Program of Study: Robotics and Automation Technology

The Robotics and Automation Technology program of study focuses on occupational and educational opportunities associated with the assembly, operation, maintenance, and repair of electromechanical equipment or devices. This program of study includes exploration of a variety of mechanical fields, including robotics, refinery and pipeline systems, deep ocean exploration, and hazardous waste removal.

Secondary Courses for High School Credit

Level 1

  • Principles of Manufacturing
  • Principles of Applied Engineering

Level 2

  • Robotics I

Level 3

  • Robotics II

Level 4

  • Practicum in Manufacturing

Work-Based Learning and Expanded Learning Opportunities

Work-Based Learning Activities

  • Intern with a robotics technician working at a manufacturing plant
  • Shadow a PLC programmer

Expanded Learning Opportunities

  • Tour a manufacturing facility
  • Participate in SkillsUSA or TSA
  • Build a robot and participate in a robotics competition

Example Postsecondary Opportunities

Associate’s Degrees

  • Instrumentation Technology
  • Industrial Technology
  • Robotics Technology
  • Automation Engineer Technology

Bachelor’s Degrees

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Electronics Engineering
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology
  • Electromechanical Engineering Technology

Master’s, Doctoral, and Professional Degrees

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Aligned Industry-Based Certifications

  • FANUC Robot Operator 1

Example Aligned Occupations

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

  • Median Wage: $62,156
  • Annual Openings: 220
  • 10-Year Growth: 10%

Semiconductor Processing Technicians

  • Median Wage: $35,963
  • Annual Openings: 592
  • 10-Year Growth: 9%

Industrial Engineers

  • Median Wage: $102,022
  • Annual Openings: 1,996
  • 10-Year Growth: 26%

Robotics and Automation Technology

Successful completion of the Robotics and Automation Technology program of study will fulfill requirements the STEM endorsement if the math and science requirements are met or the Business and Industry endorsement.

Data Source: Texas Wage, Texas Workforce Commission. Retrieved 3/8/2024.

For more information visit: https://tea.texas.gov/academics/college-career-and-military-prep/career-and-technical-education/programs-of-study-additional-resources

Revised - July 2026

 

An informational flyer outlining the Manufacturing Career Cluster, focusing on Robotics and Automation Technology.

Manufacturing 

Robotics and Automation Technology courses

Industry-Based Certifications

  • FANUC Robot Operator I

CTE Student Organization – TSA

Educational opportunities are offered by the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex or disability in its programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

El Distrito Escolar Consolidado Independiente de Lamar, ofrece oportunidades educacionales sin cuenta de raza, religion, nacionalidad, sexo o disabilidades o edad en sus programas o actividades y brinda iqualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y ostros grupos juveniles designados.