Question: RESEARCHING DIFFERENT CAREERS
Because service businesses are now such a dominant part of our economy, job seekers sometimes overlook the employment opportunities available in production plants. Two positions often found in these plants are quality control inspector and purchasing agent.
Assignment: 1. Using the Occupational Outlook Handbook at your local library or on the Internet (https://stats.bls.gov/oco/home.htm), find the following information for the jobs of quality control inspector and purchasing agent:
Nature of work, including main activities and responsibilities
Job outlook
Earnings
Training and qualifications
2. Look for other production jobs that may interest you and compile the same sort of information about them.
3. Summarize in a two-page report the key things you learned about jobs in production plants.