SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS (SDA) EXCEL

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Tennessees 16 Career Clusters
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Architecture and Construction Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications Business, Management, and Administration Education and Training Finance Government and Public Administration Health Science Hospitality and Tourism Human Service Information Technology Public Safety, Corrections, and Security Manufacturing Sales Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Transportation

Cluster/Program of Study Grade Criteria

Grade A = Excellent
The Growth Rate is greater than the Average Occupational Growth Rate for the State More than 10 annual openings Supply/Demand ratio is less than 1

Grade B = Good
The Growth Rate is less than or equal to the Average Occupational Growth Rate for the State Growth Rate is greater than zero More than 10 annual openings Supply/Demand ratio is less than 1

Grade C = Favorable
Growth Rate is greater than zero More than 10 annual openings Supply/Demand ratio is between 1 and 1.55

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SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS (SDA) EXCEL

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Grade D = Competitive
Growth Rate is greater than zero More than 10 annual openings Supply/Demand ratio is between 1.55 and 3

Grade E = Very Competitive

Growth Rate is greater than zero More than 10 annual openings Supply/Demand ratio is greater than or equal to 3

Grade U = Ungraded
Anything else

Criteria for Adjusted Cluster D, E or U Criteria 1

o o o o o Annual Openings = 0 Growth Rate = 0 Number of placements >=10 The ratio of Employed/Available >=90% The ratio of Employed/Total Supply >=50%

Criteria 2
o o o o Growth Rate > 0 Number of placements >=10 The ratio of Employed/Available >=90% The ratio of Employed/Total Supply >=50%

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