CAREER

PROSPECTS

Manila Central University, December 5, 2013

WHY K-12

to facilitate the global recognition of

Filipino graduates and professionals

to ascertain graduate employability

Senior High School (SHS Tracks)

Career Pathways

Each student in the Senior High

School can choose from among five

tracks:

1. Academic

2. Arts & Design

3.Business & Entrepreneurship

4. Sports

5.Technical-Vocational-Livelihood

The Academic Track Includes

Three Strands

Business, Accountancy,

Management (BAM)

Humanities, Education, Social

Sciences (HESS)

Science, Technology,

Engineering, Mathematics (STEM)

Academic Track

Each subject will last for a semester and total 80

hours.

Liberal Arts HESS BAM STEM

Literature 1: Fiction

and Drama

Literature 1: Fiction

and Drama

Applied Economics 1 Pre-Calculus

Humanities 1:Popular

Art as Text

Literature 2 Applied Economics 2 Basic Calculus

Social Science 1 Humanities 1: Popular

Art as Text

Accounting 1 General Chemistry 1

Applied Economics Humanities 2 Accounting 2 General Chemistry 2

Accounting 1 Education 1/Foreign

Language 1

Business Math General Physics1

Academic Strand Subjects

Liberal Arts HESS BAM STEM

Pre-Calculus

Education 1/Foreign

Language 1

Business Finance General Physics 2

Physics 1 or Chemistry

1

Social Science 1 Organization and

Management

General Biology 1

Biology 1 Social Science 2 Principles of Marketing General Biology 2

Work Immersion/

Career Advocacy/

Research/ Culminating

Activity

Business, Accountancy,

Management (BAM)

Manila Central University offers a

course on the principles of

Entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship

At its core,

Entrepreneurship

is starting a

business from

scratch, which

includes everything

from idea

conception to

managing the

company for the

long term.

BILL Gates causes people to dream of

coming up with a brilliant business

idea or business plan which they

pursue with passion.

Nature of Work

Entrepreneurs are responsible

for financing their businesses,

when starting out keeping their

companies growing.

More often the beginning stages

of starting a business require a

person to be a manager,

salesman, customer service

representative, and information

technologist all in one.

Working Condition

A business venture could be

anything from a small family-

run business like a restaurant

to a full-scale consulting or e-

commerce firm.

Being an entrepreneur means

freedom to decide what business

to go into.

Entrepreneurs of all types are

dedicated individuals willing to

work extremely long hours to

make their dreams a reality.

Career Prospect

During the next few years, the

biggest economic growth is

expected to come from small

business.

Today's economy is hospitable

to start-ups, and capital is

available for qualified

entrepreneurs and imaginative

enterprises.

As of 2011 count, there are

820,255 business enterprises

operating in the Philippines.

Of these, 99.6% (816,759)

are micro, small, and medium

enterprises (MSMEs) and the

remaining 0.4% (3,496) are

large enterprises.

Majority of the MSMEs in

operation in 2011 can be found

in the National Capital Region

(NCR), with 211,974 business

establishments

Region 4-A (CALABARZON)

with 122,562; Region 3 (Central

Luzon) with 83,279; Region 7

(Central Visayas) with 50,078;

and Region 6 (Western Visayas)

with 47,166.

Science, Technology, Engineering,

Mathematics (STEM)

MCU also offers courses in the

STEM track such as the following:

a. Computer Web Design

b. Dental Hygiene

c. Pharmacy Aide

d. Optical Laboratory Technician

A. Computer Web Design

This course equips

students without any

previous knowledge with

the essentials for each

and every stage of the

complete web design

process – from the visual

aspects to the ‘invisible’ components of web

design.

Using industry standard

applications, students enrolling

for this course will be able to

create effective, attractive

websites and have complete

knowledge of each step required.

Web designing as a career has

elevated itself to the enviable

status of being one of the lucrative

careers of today.

Nature of Work

A web designer/developer is

responsible for the design, layout

and coding of a website.

He is involved with the technical

and graphical aspects of a

website - how the site works and

how it looks. He can also be

involved with the maintenance

and update of an existing site.

He communicates Web Design/

Development techniques and

technology effectively to a broad

audience in laymen’s terms.

He demonstrates ability to

analyze information and solve

problems on a complex, thought-

based level.

Career Prospect

The IT industry is a rapidly

expanding global marketplace

and the Internet continues to

develop at great speed.

Web designers are employed

across all industry sectors from

finance and retail to public

organizations.

They may be employed directly by

IT consultancies, software houses,

web design agencies or work in an

organization’s IT department.

They will have career opportunities

as web designers for design

marketing and advertising firms,

usability specialists working to help

companies build strong websites,

or a design firm principal who runs

his own design firm.

There are job opportunities

throughout the UK, with a higher

concentration in the South East.

There are also opportunities

overseas.

B. Dental Hygiene

The Dental Hygiene

curriculum is

designed to prepare

graduates for

positions in general

and specialty dental

offices, hospitals,

schools, public

health agencies and

industrial agencies.

Students are trained in educational

methods and preventive clinical

services which qualify them as

dental health educators and

competent clinicians.

Emphasis is placed on the

correlation between prevention,

education and the clinical

phases of dental hygiene practice

as well as basic and social

sciences.

Nature of Work

Dental Hygienist does patient

screening procedures; such as

assessment of oral health

condition, review of the health

history, oral cancer screening,

head and neck inspection, dental

charting and taking blood

pressure, temperature and

pulse.

He takes and develops dental

radiographs (x-rays).

He removes plaque and

stains (hard and soft deposits)

from all surfaces of teeth.

He applies preventative materials

to the teeth (e.g., sealants and

fluorides).

He applies antimicrobial

therapies to assist in prevention

of oral disease progression.

He teaches patients appropriate

oral hygiene strategies to

maintain oral health.

He teaches patients about the

relationship between oral health

and systemic diseases

He counsels patients about good

nutrition and its impact on oral

health.

Career Prospect

Opportunities for part-time work

and flexible schedules are

common. The majority of hygienists work

in private practice dental offices.

However, opportunities exist in

sales, education and public

health clinics, correctional

institutions and managed care

organizations.

Hygienists are in demand in

general dental practices and in

specialty practices such as

periodontics or pediatric

dentistry.

They also may be employed to

provide dental hygiene services

for patients in hospitals, nursing

homes and public health clinics.

Depending upon the level of

education and experience

achieved, dental hygienists can

apply their skills and knowledge

to other career activities such as

teaching hygiene students in

dental schools and dental hygiene

education programs.

Research, office management and

business administration are other

career options. Employment

opportunities also may be

available with companies that

market dental-related materials

and equipment.

C. Pharmacy Aide

Pharmacy revolves

around people and

medicines with

special emphasis

on the manufacture

of medicines, their

supply, appropriate

use and effects.

The ultimate concern of

pharmacy is to ensure that

the patient receives the

appropriate medicines and

benefits from their proper

use.

Nature of Work

Pharmacy aide helps licensed

pharmacists with administrative

duties in running a pharmacy.

He refers any questions

regarding prescriptions, drug

information, or health matters to

a pharmacist.

Aides have several important

duties that help the pharmacy to

function smoothly.

Working Condition

Pharmacy aide works in pharmacy

and drug stores, grocery stores, or

hospitals where the environment

is generally the same: well-lit,

clean, open, well-ventilated, and

organized.

He can work mornings, evenings,

weekends, and even some

holidays depending on the

employer.

Career Prospect

Local and international job

opportunities for full-time and

part-time work are expected to

be good.

• Employment of pharmacy

aides is expected to grow

about as fast as the average

for all occupations through

2014 because of the

increasing use of medication

in treating patients.

a greater number of middle-

aged and elderly people— who

use more prescription drugs

than younger people—will

spur demand for aides in all

practice

settings.

D. Optical Laboratory Technician

Are you fascinated

with how the eye

works? Do you want

to assist optometrists

with providing vision

correction to patients?

If so, you might find a

career as an

optometric technician

is right for you.

An optical laboratory technician is

a valuable asset to an optometrist

and is extraordinarily helpful for the

patients who visit any optometry-

related healthcare setting.

They are not limited to just one

area when it comes to duties and

responsibilities, so an individual

who is able to handle numerous and

diverse tasks will excel at this kind

of career.

Nature of Work

An Optical Laboratory Technician,

under the supervision of the

practitioner, assists in the

provision of general optometric

care: specifically, in the

maintenance and minor repair of

the instrumentation and

equipment in the office.

He gathers initial intake testing

and technical information from

the patient; recording

information from the practitioner.

He implements a wide variety of

therapeutic procedures and

devices with the patient.

He gives detailed explanation of the

doctor's advice and recommendation

to the patient, and performing

specialty testing in areas requested

by the doctor.

Duties will also include fabrication

and inspection of spectacles after

glasses have been prescribed by the

doctor; calculation of measurements

as they specifically relate to the

patient's facial features, spectacles

chosen and lenses to be ordered.

Working Condition

Optical Laboratory Technicians

work in a private office, clinic,

government agency or military. They

may also focus on the laboratory side

of the job and work in eyeglass design.

They may work in educational

programs, typically in the workforce,

focusing on teaching employees about

eye safety.

They can choose part-time, full-

time, weekends on, or off, and if

they have their own practice they

can choose to work for half the

year and do other things the other

half of the year.

Flexibility is definitely available

when it comes to an Optometry

career.

Career Prospect

According to the National

Employment Matrix from the

Bureau of Labor Statistics,

employment for dispensing

opticians is expected to increase

at a rate of 13 percent through

2018.

As the aging population grows, the

need for corrective lenses will

increase.

The BLS predicts very good job

prospects due to the need to fill

the jobs of dispensing opticians

who retire or depart from this

occupation.

Optometry as a career option

brings lucrative opportunities.

They are of great repute in the

United States, as a major part of

the population wears contact

lenses or glasses.

There are probabilities of increase

in the demand of optometrists, as

some of the leading nations have

now decided to make Optometrics

solely responsible for providing

eye care services.

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