When You Grow Up (1973)

[Music] Most of us have work to do. Work that helps us live more comfortably and happily together. We do work that needs doing. [Music] But most of the world's work is done by grown-ups. [Music] Most of the time when you see grown-ups, they're working. working. [Music] is not the only way to learn. Some careers require a person to know a great deal of information before he can begin to work. He must learn the information before he can really begin to develop his skill. It means more school after high school. But if you like to solve problems, you might like this career. Some people who like to be their own boss open businesses of their own. Do you like to meet people? There are lots of careers in which you can meet members of your community every day. Some people like to do work that is especially helpful to other people. Nothing is more important to people than good health. [Music] Each of these jobs is a different career, but they are all needed to help take care of our health. It requires a whole group of different jobs to take care of each main kind of work that the community needs. [Music] The people of all communities need transportation. Driving a truck is an important career. But we can see that it takes many other jobs in order for the truck driver to help us. It takes mechanics to keep trucks running well. [Music] A dispatcher tells the driver where to deliver his load. Secretaries and other office workers are needed to help run a trucking business. [Music] But trucking is just a small part of the transportation we need. We need the work of everyone who has a job with the railroads. We need the work of transporting things by ship. There are many different careers that provide us with air transportation. [Music] Because each main kind of work has so many different careers, we can call each main type of work a career cluster. Construction is a main kind of work. Engineers, draftsmen, surveyors, carpenters, and many others have careers in construction because it takes many different jobs to build the new houses, factories, and businesses we need. Construction is a career cluster. [Music] Manufacturing is another main kind of work. To manufacture the things we need, it takes hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of jobs. So, manufacturing is another career cluster. Here are some other career clusters. main kinds of work, which include the thousands and thousands of different jobs it takes to produce the goods and services needed by the people of a big country like ours. [Music] It is good that there are many different types of careers because different people like different types of work. [Music] But no matter what kind of work they do, most people are proud to do a good job. Because he learns new things as he works. A person can get more and more satisfaction as he works at his career. He may lead others and earn more money too. It is important to earn the money to take care of families. And even if they could get along without them, it is very satisfying for people to earn enough for extra things they want. [Applause] [Music] With so many careers to choose from, how will you choose your career? You have a long time to think about it. You have quite a while left to decide what to be when [Music]