The Civil Engineering pathway prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of structural, load- bearing, material moving, transportation, water resource, and material control systems; and environmental safety measures. Civil engineers design, build, supervise, operate, and maintain construction projects and systems in the public and private sector, including roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and systems for water supply and sewage treatment.

The Electrical Construction Pathway prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems in residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring, DC and AC motors controls, and electrical distribution panels. The pathway includes instruction in the principles of electronics and electrical systems, wiring, power transmission, safety, industrial and household appliances, job estimation, electrical inspecting and inspection, and applicable codes and standards. Instruction includes the principles of electronics and electrical systems, wiring, power transmission, safety industrial and household appliances, job estimation, electrical testing and inspection, and applicable codes and standards.

The Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky (TRACK) youth pre-apprenticeship program is a partnership between the Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technical Education and the Kentucky Labor Cabinet to provide secondary students with career pathway opportunities into Registered Apprenticeship programs. This pathway is to prepare students as entering apprentices in electrical in conjunction with the IBEW.

The Cinematography and Video Production pathway prepares students to communicate dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the making and producing of videos and cinematographic expression. The pathway includes the theory of video, video technology and equipment operation, video production, video directing, video editing, cinematographic art, video and audio technique, and multi-media production. The pathway prepares students to function as staff, producers, directors, and managers of media programming and media organizations. Topics of study in this pathway include writing and editing; performing; media regulations, law, and policy; aesthetic meaning, appreciation, and analysis; construction, development, processing, modeling, simulation, and programming of audio, and moving image programs and messages; transmission, distribution, and marketing; contextual, cultural and historical aspects, and considerations.

The Culinary & Food Service Pathway addresses a skill set necessary for success in the culinary industry. The courses in this pathway will help students develop skills in early career ladder positions and promote continuing education at the postsecondary level preparing for careers associated with restaurants, institutional food service, hospitality and catering, as well as food and beverage operations.

The Tech Ready Apprentices for Careers in Kentucky or TRACK Youth Apprenticeship program is a partnership between the Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE) and the Kentucky Division of Apprenticeship to provide secondary students career pathway opportunities with employers offering Registered Apprenticeship programs. All hours worked can be counted towards the Registered Apprenticeship on-the-job training component and the CTE courses can be credited towards the Related Technical Instruction component.

The Teaching and Learning Pathway focuses on the general theory and practice of learning and teaching, the basic principles of educational psychology, the art of teaching, the planning and administration of educational activities, school safety and health issues, and the social foundations of education.