Specialized Areas

Listed below are approved specialized occupation areas. Learn how to certify here.

View each occupation area:

Agriculture
Business and Marketing
Education and Training
Family & Consumer Sciences
Health
Industrial & Emerging Technology

Agriculture Occupation Areas

  • Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences
  • Natural resources and conservation
  • Environmental design
  • Landscape architecture
  • Agricultural biological engineering
  • Forest engineering, biological and biomedical sciences
  • Parks, recreation and leisure facilities management
  • Geological and earth sciences/geosciences
  • Veterinary/animal health technician/veterinary assistant
  • Environmental health
  • Veterinary medicine

Business and Marketing Occupation Areas

  • Computer and information sciences and support services
  • Accounting and computer information services
  • Business/commerce, general
  • Business administration, management and operations
  • Accounting
  • Business operations support and assistant services
  • Business/corporate communications
  • Business/managerial economics
  • Entrepreneurial and small business operations
  • Finance and financial management services
  • Hospitality administration/management
  • Human resources management and services
  • International business
  • Management information systems and services
  • Management sciences and quantitative methods
  • Marketing; Real estate; Taxation; Insurance
  • General sales, merchandising & related marketing operations
  • Specialized sales, merchandising & marketing operations;
  • Business, management, marketing & related support services

Education and Training Occupation Areas

  • Occupational areas of secondary education & teaching
  • Jr. high/intermediate/middle school education & teaching
  • Elementary education and teaching
  • Kindergarten/preschool education and teaching
  • Early childhood education and teaching
  • Adult education and teaching
  • Special education

Family & Consumer Sciences Occupation Areas

  • Culinary arts
  • Kindergarten/preschool education and teaching
  • Early childhood education and teaching
  • Family and consumer sciences/human sciences
  • Nutrition sciences
  • Interior design
  • Hospitality administration/management
  • Fashion merchandising
  • Fashion modeling
  • Apparel and accessories marketing operations
  • Tourism and travel services marketing operations
  • Tourism promotion operations
  • Hospitality and recreation marketing operations

Health Careers Occupation Areas

  • Exercise physiology
  • Kinesiology & exercise science
  • Medical/clinical assistant
  • Clinical/medical laboratory assistant
  • Pharmacy technician/assistant
  • Medical radiologic technology/science-radiation therapist
  • Radiologic technology/science-radiographer
  • Physician assistant
  • Athletic training/trainer
  • Clinical/medical laboratory technician
  • Clinical laboratory science/medical technology/technologist
  • Phlebotomy/phlebotomist
  • Medicine
  • Nursing/registered nurse
  • Osteopathic medicine/osteopathy
  • Pharmacy
  • Physical therapy/therapist
  • Kinesiotherapy/kinesiotherapist

Industrial & Emerging Technology Occupation Areas

  • Audiovisual communications technologies/technicians
  • Graphic communications (journalism)
  • Cosmetology and personal grooming services
  • Electrical engineering technologies/technicians
  • Electromechanical instrumentation and maintenance technologies/technicians
  • Environmental control technologies/technicians
  • Industrial production technologies/technicians
  • Quality control & safety technologies/technicians
  • Mechanical engineering related technologies/technicians
  • Mining & petroleum technologies/technicians
  • Construction engineering technologies
  • Engineering-related technologies
  • Computer engineering technologies/technicians
  • Drafting/design engineering technologies/technicians
  • Security & protective services
  • Mason/masonry
  • Carpenters
  • Electrical & power transmission installers
  • Building/construction finishing, mgmt. & inspection
  • Electrical/electronics maintenance & repair technology
  • Heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration maintenance technology/technician
  • Heavy/industrial equipment maintenance technologies
  • Precision systems maintenance & repair technologies
  • Vehicle maintenance & repair technologies
  • Precision metal working
  • Construction/heavy equipment/earthmoving equipment operation
  • Design and visual communications, general
  • Commercial and advertising art
  • Industrial design
  • Commercial photography
  • Visual performing arts