COURSE CODE: 8488

Aerospace Technology II

SCED Code: 21055
Virginia Extended Description: II
Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Aerospace Technology I
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: TSA
Non-Traditional?: F

Aerospace Technology II provides an advanced exploration of flight, space travel, and supporting technologies through a practical approach centered around problem solving and design. Students explore concepts in aircraft operations; aircraft design, flight safety, and maintenance; airport infrastructure; rocketry; and small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Virginia’s High Demand Occupations and Apprenticeable Occupations

Section § 2.2-2472 of the Code of Virginia requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) to publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.  The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) collaborated with the VBWD and related stakeholders to develop the high demand occupations list. VOEE’s mission is to leverage data to inform educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships across the Commonwealth.  See also the Virginia 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Occupation Description, and Active Apprenticeable Occupation status (Yes/No per the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry). 

SOC Code Occupation Description Apprenticeable Occupation
172011 Aerospace Engineers No
173024 Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Yes
172199 Engineers, All Other No
172081 Environmental Engineers No
532021 Air Traffic Controllers No
113071 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers No
172051 Civil Engineers No
173022 Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians No

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Aerospace Engineers
  • Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
  • Engineers, All Other
  • Environmental Engineers
  • Power Plant Operators
Science & Mathematics
  • Atmospheric and Space Scientists
  • Materials Scientists

Pathway Occupation
Health, Safety, & Environmental Management
Logistics Planning & Management Services
Transportation Operations
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning, Management & Regulation
  • Aerospace Engineers
  • Civil Engineers
  • Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Traffic Technicians
  • Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

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