Req 8 — Choose a Painting Path
8.
Do ONE of the following:
For this requirement, you choose exactly one option. One option focuses on painting as a career. The other focuses on painting as a hobby, creative outlet, or healthy long-term interest.
Your Options
- Req 8a — Research a Painting Career: Explore a real job connected to painting, such as residential painter, industrial coating specialist, scenic painter, mural artist, or finishing technician. You will research training, costs, duties, pay, and advancement.
- Req 8b — Make Painting Part of Your Life: Explore how painting skills can support a hobby or healthy lifestyle, such as mural work, home improvement, creative painting, set painting, or volunteer beautification projects. You will think about training, expenses, support organizations, and your own goals.
How to Choose
Choosing Your Option
Think about what kind of future you want to explore
- Time and research style: Option 8a works well if you enjoy researching jobs, interviewing professionals, or visiting a work site. Option 8b works well if you want to imagine yourself doing painting more personally and creatively.
- What you will gain: Option 8a builds career research skills and helps you understand how trades and creative jobs really work. Option 8b helps you picture painting as part of your everyday life, wellness, service, or self-expression.
- Equipment and access: Option 8a may require access to a professional, trade program, or job-site information. Option 8b may be easier if you already enjoy art, DIY projects, or community improvement work.
- Best fit for your interests: If you like trades, craftsmanship, and job pathways, lean toward 8a. If you like creativity, room makeovers, murals, or painting for relaxation and service, lean toward 8b.
Whichever option you choose, bring specific notes to your counselor. They will want to hear what you learned, not just which link you clicked or which video you watched.