Exploratory Program

With more than 12,000 job titles in existence (according to the latest edition of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles), almost anyone could use a little help in narrowing the field! Bristol-Plymouth offers you the chance to explore sixteen different career areas which represent hundreds of specific jobs and many broad categories of businesses and industries.

All ninth graders participate in the Exploratory Program. Here students find out about career ladders, working conditions, and the training and education requirements to become successful in each occupational area. As a ninth grader at Bristol-Plymouth, you can look at a wide variety of employment options that could provide the key to a rewarding and successful future.

Every student visits every technical area in the school during the first shop week before choosing specific programs to explore in depth during the next 24 weeks of the freshman year. As a Bristol-Plymouth student, you will learn about the tools, equipment and technology of each occupational field you explore. You will have the chance to try your hand at skills ranging from soldering to sauteing, and will study everything from minuscule electronic parts to powerful automobile engines. As students learn about careers, they also discover more about their interests and abilities – many find new talents they can tap for a rewarding future!

Armed with new and valuable information, students are able to make informed and meaningful career selections near the end of the ninth grade, choosing one technical area to study for the remainder of their high school years.