Intro to Trades Unit 4 Study Materials

Unit 4: Study Guides and Questions

4.3.1 Unit Test Study Guide

Unit 4 Kahoot Review

4.2.4 Trades of Design

4.2.3 Trades of Food Art

4.2.2 Trades of Appearances

4.2.1 Trades That Get Creative

Quiz Review

4.1.3 Supporting Technology

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4.1.2 Designing Technology

4.1.1 Trades of the Future

4.1.1 Trades of the Future

• You can:
• explain why careers in technology have evolved to be considered a trade career
• identify how coding works as building blocks for computer programs
• Vocabulary: coding, hardware, software

Rise of Technology:

• Technology jobs once required a bachelor’s degree in computer science, as the field was complex and emerging.
• Over time, as technology advanced, more people learned how it works, creating high demand for skilled workers.
• Viewing technology jobs as a trade is a recent development.
• Rapid updates and releases, like improved software and phones, show how quickly technology evolves.
• In the 1990s, computers entered homes, and the World Wide Web led to the rise of tech companies like eBay.

• Hardware: Physical parts of technology, like monitors, printers, and laptops.
• Software: Programs and apps, such as Microsoft 365, apps, and YouTube.
• Coding: Used to build software by giving computers instructions on how to run programs.
• Technology became a trade due to high job demand and coding becoming easier to learn.
• Computer Animation & Virtual Reality: Require knowledge of art and drawing.
• Computer Language: Computers operate on binary (0s and 1s), where 1 is "on" and 0 is "off."
• Early computers used binary, displaying simple text on black screens.
• Web Languages: Modern languages use symbols, letters, and numbers, making coding simpler than binary.

4.1.1 Trades of the Future

4.1.1 Trades of the Future

• Hardware refers to the physical pieces of technology.
• Coding includes various combinations of numbers, letters, and symbols on a computer used to create functions on computer software.
• Software refers to the programs and apps within technology.
• The first computers almost exclusively existed in office buildings in the 1980s, not in people’s homes.
• For a skill to be considered a trade, it needs to be achievable without necessarily requiring a college degree.

4.1.2 Designing Technology

• You can:
• summarize the careers of coding and programming
• explain how to obtain a career in coding and programming

• identify the rewards for each of the coding and programming careers
• Vocabulary: coder or software developer, video game designer, web developer carpenter

• An apprenticeship means you get the job and learn the skill while working and getting paid.
• You need not get any degree for the skill required to do the job.
• The synonym for an apprentice is a trainee.
• Technology as a trade is a recent development.
• Previously, entering tech required a bachelor's degree in computer science.
• Rapid growth in technology is expected to keep job demand high for decades.
• Trade pathways in tech provide direct access to careers, equipping people with job-ready skills.

4.1.2 Designing Technology

• Google and Pinterest don’t require applicants to have certificates or prior tech experience.
• Microsoft and Airbnb don’t require a degree but prefer applicants with a coding boot camp or online training certificate.
• Coders and software developers create, test, and fix code for apps and software.
• Computer programmers focus on detailed lines of code to solve issues, translating designs into instructions for computers.
• Video game designers code and create game features, allowing players to control characters.
• Web developers use design and coding skills to build websites, often entering the field with an associate’s degree in web design.
• Video game design is a specialized area of programming, while web developers may use basic coding and design tools.

• Coders and software developers create, test, and fix code for apps and software.
• Web developers design websites, using layouts and coding for computer and mobile displays.
• Video game designers create game features.
• Coding boot camps are cheaper and faster than a traditional bachelor’s degree.
• Bachelor’s degrees offer more comprehensive training than coding boot camps.
• Software developers may attend coding boot camps for focused training.
• Web development often requires less intensive coding, and skills can be self-taught online, unlike computer programming, software development, and video game design.

4.1.2 Designing Technology

• You can:
• identify career opportunities in cybersecurity, IT support, and 3D printing technology
• explain how to build careers in those fields
• contrast and compare the rewards for careers in cybersecurity, IT support, and 3D printing technology
• Vocabulary: cybersecurity, IT support, 3D printer technician

• Cybersecurity helps to shield online information from hackers and fix any cyberattacks.
• The only thing that you cannot be for cybersecurity is self-taught. You can enter the field through higher education or the military.

4.1.3 Supporting Technology

• Testing and Hacking: Act as a "bad guy" to try hacking into programs or companies to find weaknesses.
• Incident Response: Respond quickly to hacks to limit damage.
• Consulting: Advise companies on solutions to protect against hackers.
• IT Support: Maintain, fix, and protect a company’s hardware and software, responding to support tickets, updating software, and maintaining hardware like printers.
• 3D Printer Technician: Operate, fix, and maintain 3D printers, often designing products like prosthetics. As 3D printing expands, demand for these roles will grow.
• Cybersecurity: Protects online information from hackers and addresses cyberattacks, with significant training available in the military.
• Employers prioritize technical skills over formal education.

4.1.3 Supporting Technology

• The first computer language used only 1s and 0s, known as binary ("bi" meaning "two").
• Java was developed after binary, followed by HTML and CSS.
• With rapid growth in technology, the industry created more jobs, but there weren't enough applicants with traditional bachelor’s degrees.
• Apprenticeships at major tech companies allow you to start a tech career, learn skills, and get paid at the same time.
• Web development involves building websites and can be self-taught through online tutorials. It's easy to start a business offering this service to individuals and small businesses.
• Software developers create, test, and fix coding for apps and software.

Quiz Review

• Video game designers code features within video games.
• Web developers design websites using layouts, design programs, and coding.
• 3D printer technicians operate and maintain 3D printers.
• Major tech companies offer apprenticeships to hire and train employees rather than waiting for qualified applicants.
• Software consists of programming and coding that operates technology.
• Hardware is the physical part of tech, while malware and trojanware are viruses that can harm software.

Quiz Review

You can:

• identify trades that are creative and artistic

• Art is a significant part of society. Art comes in many forms, not just the pictures we may hang on our walls. Everything we purchase has a design to it. Every bit of color on the objects around you had someone think purposefully about it. Even the colors and look of this lesson you are reading right now are designed by a group of people.

• If you figure out what is interesting about the job you desire, you can look for those interests in careers you may not have considered before.

• To be a trade, it needs to be a learnable skill outside of attending college. Therefore, new technology has allowed individuals to learn that specific skill and pursue a career.

• Adobe Photoshop allows you to edit photos digitally. Canva is used to create business designs like logos and posters. Corel Painter is a digital painting tool that creates oil paints digitally.

4.2.1 Trades That Get Creative

• Just like a college degree allows someone to signal to a potential employer that they learned specific knowledge, a certificate in a digital art program will enable you to signal that you proficiently know the program inside and out.
• Adobe Illustrator and Corel Painter are programs that allow you to draw digital images.
• Canva is typically used for businesses and has more set images and shapes to use instead of illustrating. Adobe Photoshop is used to edit photos, not make illustrations.
• Figuring out the reasons why you are interested in that one career will allow you to explore what other careers involve those same interests. This gives you more options for your future while still finding fulfilling work.
• In becoming a political cartoonist, a person needs to be interested in drawing, illustrating, and connecting with the public through art.
• Taking real-life photos and designing the colors and decorations for space are interests for anyone looking to be self-employed and can be self-taught.

4.2.1 Trades That Get Creative

You can:

• list the careers within the beauty trade as well as identify their responsibilities
• determine how to obtain careers within the beauty trades

• identify the rewards for each of the beauty trade careers
• Vocabulary: barber, cosmetologist, dog groomer, makeup artist, manicurist

• Personal appearance and grooming is a large industry. The salon and spa industries total over $62 billion a year in sales. All those sales happen across a staggering 1.2 million establishments and self-employed professionals. Service quality and prices continue to rise as beauty professionals charge more for their skill set.
• Industries that tend to have high sales and a large number of establishments throughout the country tend to offer a high job outlook with them.
• A cosmetologist, sometimes simply referred to as a hairstylist, is a person who styles, cuts, and treats hair to enhance a person’s appearance

4.2.2 Trades of Appearances

4.2.2 Trades of Appearances

• Although hair care and styling can be self-taught, formal education is required to do it professionally. Vocational schools specializing in cosmetology offer a fast track to getting into the profession. All individuals must also pass a state test to get licensure before beginning their practice.
• Cosmetologists need to get a certificate from a vocational school and pass a state licensure test to practice.
• It typically takes nine months to finish vocational school for cosmetology full-time.
• Theater makeup artists apply makeup to performers in theater, TV shows, or movies. Theater makeup artists can get certificates from a technical cosmetology school, although someone interested in more technical makeup might consider attending an art institute.
• Because filming can take place over several hours or even several days, the look of the actors' hair and makeup needs to have continuity (or look the same) every time the camera rolls.
• Dog groomers style, cut, trim, bathe, and treat pets' fur. There is no formal education in this field, so if you are interested in learning, volunteering or interning with an existing pet groomer would be a great way to gain experience.

4.2.2 Trades of Appearances

• Manicurists paint, trim, and clean fingernails and toenails.
• Cosmetologists style, cut, and treat hair to enhance a person’s appearance.
• Dog groomers style, cut, trim, bathe, and treat fur of pets
• Makeup artists apply makeup to performers of theater, TV shows, or movies.
• Barbers style, cut, and treat hair on top of trimming beards and providing shaves to enhance a person’s appearance.
• Since barbering is the term for working exclusively with men, they also work with grooming and trimming facial hair such as beards.
• Dog grooming can be self-taught or learned through an internship with another dog groomer.
• Other careers such as manicurists, barbers, and cosmetologists need special training.
• Movie makeup artists can deal with special effects like creating scarring, tattoos, and the use of prosthetics, so it is a more specialized art form.

You can:

• identify several key responsibilities within the culinary industry
• summarize how to obtain a career in culinary arts

• paraphrase the rewards for each of the building trades careers
• Vocabulary: butcher, chef, pastry chef or baker

• Art and food have a long history together.
• In the 1600s, we first began to see the emergence of food being painted in still-life portraits. It was not until the nineteenth century that we even started to see the rise of painting with people and food together in paintings. Restaurants worldwide make the blending of food and art for meals go hand in hand. They focus on the idea that “we eat with our eyes,” meaning that the way we visualize the food we are going to eat also enhances our experience with taste and enjoyment. In fact, popular competitive food shows like Chopped make creativity (or the plating) one of the three main categories!
• A chef prepares and cooks food for restaurants and catering services, potentially creates the menu, and maintains inventory. Chefs can work in various kitchen settings, including restaurants, cruises, private homes, catering, and more.

4.2.3 Trades of Food Art

4.2.3 Trades of Food Art

• There is no formal education required to become a chef. Think back to how Gordan Ramsey never attended school to become a chef. Instead, he took jobs at top restaurants to learn the skills on the job. These opportunities to learn from the best may not be as common. The other option to enter the field is to attend a vocational school for culinary arts. Finally, all chefs need to pass food safety exams to obtain certificates to operate. Chefs, on average, make $53,300 a year, and the job outlook is very high.
• Chefs who are hiring want to see that the person is trainable, able to take directions, and punctual, which means they are on time.
• You do not need a culinary degree to get a job cooking at a restaurant. Often we call those who learn on the job line cooks. Line cook jobs are available almost anywhere and have a much lower barrier to entry than learning from a high-end restaurant or attending culinary school.
• Becoming a chef is a great way to be hands-on with food in a highly skilled manner, but it often comes with extremely long hours and a lot of stress. To become a chef, you must consider if you can handle the pressures of a busy and fast-paced dinner rush every night. If that work setting is not for you, you may want to consider other culinary careers.

4.2.3 Trades of Food Art

• A butcher cuts portions of meat, often from the whole animal, into sellable sections. This job is not for those with weak stomachs, as it takes dismembering flesh and bones. This technical skill requires heavy lifting, the use of large meat and bone saws, knife skills, and a high standard of sanitary practices. This is a more challenging job to find because there is no formal education, and you need to find specific butchers to hire you to learn on the job. If you do find an apprenticeship, you may find it very fulfilling to learn as you go and from one professional. The typical salary of butchers is $32,900 a year.
• A pastry chef or baker mixes ingredients and uses ovens to bake products like breads and pastries and decorate them with toppings.
• Typically, a pastry chef is used to describe someone who works with desserts, and a baker describes someone who works with bread, although pastry chefs are sometimes also referred to as bakers.
• You can learn to be a chef and a pastry chef from culinary school but not butchery.
• Being a chef brings the pressure of cooking for many people during rushes, whereas the other careers work more on a set work list to complete that day.
• A pastry chef or baker mixes ingredients, uses ovens to bake products like breads and pastries, and decorates with toppings.
• A butcher cuts portions of meat, often from the full animal, into sellable sections.
• A chef prepares and cooks food for restaurants and catering services, potentially creates the menu, and maintains inventory.

You can:

• identify several key responsibilities of design trades as well as their rewards
• explain how to obtain a career in design trades

Vocabulary: graphic designer, interior decorator, photographer

• A photographer takes pictures of people, commercial graphics, or artistic use and edits them with software to enhance the image. There are many different types of photographers and the work involved also varies.
• Sixty percent of photographers are self-employed, meaning they work for themselves with their own businesses.
• Photojournalism is a job within photography that requires a degree to get hired by a news station.
• Wedding, aerial and commercial photography requires practice and skill. It does not require any graduation.
• Graphic designers are those who create graphics for promotions like advertising and logos using a variety of art mediums. They take a brand and convey a feeling and attitude to customers.
• Graphic designers work on the following things: logos, advertisements, packaging, posters and book covers
• Advertisements can take many forms, and graphic designers can be a part of it all.
• Graphic designers as a whole make an average of $53,300 a year.

4.2.4 Trades of Design

• A logo is the brand of a business. Logos go hand in hand with the business's name and are often used as a visual representation of that company.
• Advertisements can take many forms, and graphic designers can be a part of it all.
• create promotional visuals for a business to sell products or services: advertisements
• create designs to convey clues about a story: posters and book covers
• create a symbol businesses use to stand for themselves: logos
• create the look of the box a product is sold in: packaging
• If you are a creative thinker and you enjoy art, technology, and communication, then graphic design could be your career choice.
• A graphic designer creates the overall design and visual image for advertisements, magazines, websites, apps, and online media.
• These artists use words and images to convey their ideas. They may make huge amounts of data look like simple graphs or charts for ease of understanding.
• Most companies prefer to employ graphic designers with a bachelor's degree. However, the majority of them work independently, which means they must compete for contracts. For this, they need to maintain a portfolio of their work.

4.2.4 Trades of Design

4.2.4 Trades of Design

• An interior decorator designs and plans spaces within homes and buildings, including sourcing furniture, decorations, wall color, and basic hardware.
• Meeting with clients to discuss their desires, creating a design board with furniture and colors, supervising painting and delivery, and finishing touches to the look of the space would be typical interior work.
• Those seeking to be hired by a firm should consider getting a degree in interior design. However, those with an entrepreneurial spirit can be self-taught and self-employed. Interior decorators make an average of $57,000 a year.
• Interior decorators do not focus on physically changing any of the walls, windows, or doors. They focus on decorations, furniture, and wall color.

Interior Decorator Versus Interior Designer:

• Interior designers are those with a degree. The degree is meant to not only specialize in the look of the space but also know how to work with contractors on changing the space physically and doing project management.
• Interior decorators do not need a degree because they are not changing the physical space, like removing a wall or adding a window. They simply focus on the colors and the items that will go into that space.

• Smartphones that became more popular in the 2010s gave rise to apps we see so commonly now.
• Testing and Hacking is the job within cyber security where the point is to play the part of the “bad guy” and try to hack into systems to uncover any weaknesses in security.
• Coding boot camps are the coding vocational schools a person can attend to get a certificate instead of attending college to learn computer programming.
• Software deals with the programming within computers, not the physical parts of the computer. Hardware in this case would be the 3D printer and the keyboard buttons.
• In order to become a barber, one must get a certificate from a vocational school in barbering and pass a state licensure exam before beginning their practice.
• Binary coding is made up of only 1s and 0s, not other letters, numbers, and symbols.
• Any of the jobs that are asking for completion of a coding boot camp or proof of completion of an online course are asking for a certificate to prove it. Pinterest is the only one where they only care that the applicant has the knowledge and is proficient in a coding language.

4.3.1 Unit Test Trades of Creation

4.3.1 Unit Test Trades of Creation

• It is very common to see people in creative trade careers to be self-employed with their own business. A certificate of completion is a way to prove you have learned specific skills. Programs now make it easier for more people to be creative instead of those with artistic aptitudes and not all of them require licensure.
• Web developers design websites for clients. This design deals with the overall look and layout of the webpage and requires some basic knowledge of coding and the use of design programs.
• Interior decorators cannot change the physical space of a room they are designing like opening walls and changing window/door frames. That task is reserved for the training and schooling of interior designers. Interior decorators deal with colors, furnishings, and decorations inside of the space only.
• Butchers are the ones who cut up animals to prepare sections of meat for sale.
• Since there is no formal education for dog grooming, finding an internship at a grooming business is the best way to learn the skills.
• Manicuring and barbering both require the completion of a vocational school and to pass a state licensure test to practice.
• Chefs typically work in restaurant settings where they need to work fast and under pressure.
• Prosthetics are used in movie makeup to create new faces on actors and overall are more intricate. This career course typically would require formal training at an art institute.

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