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Henrico Workforce & Career Development

Advanced Career Education Centers Courses

Advanced Career Education Centers Courses

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Career and college prep classes are offered at Henrico County’s Advanced Career Education Centers. HCPS' ACE Centers follow the National Career Clusters Framework, which provides a structure for organizing and delivering quality CTE programs through learning and comprehensive programs of study.

There are 14 career clusters in the framework, representing more than 47 career pathways to help students navigate their way to greater success in college and career. As an organizing tool for curriculum design and instruction, career clusters provide the essential knowledge and skills for the 14 career clusters and their career pathways.

It also functions as a useful guide in developing programs of study bridging secondary and postsecondary curricula and for creating individual student plans of study for a complete range of career options. This helps students discover their interests and passions and empowers them to choose the educational pathway that can lead to success in high school, college and a career.

Once a student has chosen a class that best fits their interests, they should click here to apply.

Below are the 14 career clusters, with each career pathway bulleted and linked. We are adding 5 new programs for the 2026-2027 school year!

Caring for Communities

Building and Moving

    1. High Tech Academy (ACE) Honors.
    2. NEW Mechatronics I/II Program: #8554, #8555 (ACE) Honors
    3. Precision Machining Technology I/II: #8539, #8540 (ACE) Honors.
    4. Welding: #8672, #8673 (ACE) Honors.

    1. Carpentry I/II/III: #8601, #8602, #8603 (ACE) Honors.
    2. Computer Aided Drafting I/II: #8530, #8531, #8532 (ACE) Honors
    3. Electricity I/II/III: #8533, #8534, #8535 (ACE) Honors
    4. Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration: #8503, #8504, #8411ESA, #8411EDA (ACE) Honors
    5. Heavy Equipment Operation: #8616, #8617 (ACE) Honors.
    6. Masonry I/II: #8512, #8513 (ACE) Honors.
    7. Fire Protection Sprinkler Fitting & Plumbing I/II: #8551, #8552 (ACE) Honors.

    1. Auto Body Repair I/II/III: #8676, #8677, #6678 (ACE) Honors.
    2. Automotive Technology I/II/III: #8506, #8507, #8528 (ACE) Honors.
    3. Diesel Equipment Technologies I/II: #8613, #8614 (ACE) Honors.
    4. Motorsports Technology I & II: #8509, #8510 (ACE) Honors.

Connecting & Supporting Success

    1. Cybersecurity Pathway I/II: #8622, #8623, #8628, #8629 (ACE)
    2. Geospatial & Uncrewed Aircraft Technologies: #8423, #8910, #8424, #8912 (ACE) Honors.

    1. Entrepreneurship and Digital Marketing (ACE) Honors
    2. Legal Systems Administration: #6735(ACE)

  • There are no ACE Center programs in this career cluster at this time.

Creating & Experiencing

    1. Commercial Photography: #8607, #8415, #8608, #8458 (ACE) Honors.
    2. Game Design & Web Technologies I/II: #6640, #6630, #6631, #6641, #8400, #8401 (ACE)
    3. Graphic Communications I/II: 8660, #8661, #8415, #8458, #8459 (ACE) Honors
    4. Radio Broadcasting & Journalism I/II: #8640, #8641 (ACE) Honors.
    5. TV Media Production I/II: #8688, #8689 (ACE) Honors.

    1. Culinary Arts I/II: #8275, #8272, #8276, #8279, #8274 (ACE)
    2. Baking and Pastry Specialization: #8279 (ACE)
    3. Event Planning and Tourism Marketing I/II: #8139, #8159, #8169 (ACE) Honors.

Cultivating Resources

Investing in the Future

  • There are no ACE Center programs in this career cluster at this time.