Grade 7- Careers related to the Processing and use of non-metallic materials

1. Making of items from different non-metallic materials such as curving, pottery, moulding and shoe making among others.

2. Extraction of non-metallic materials such as quarrying.

3. Processing of non-metallic materials such as tanning of skins and baking of bricks.

4. Merchandising in non-metallic materials such as boutique and timber yard.

5. Rope making. Rope makers harvest sisal fibres, dry and use them to make ropes

6. 6. Building and constructions. Builders use timber, grass, clay and other materials to construct houses.

7. Brick making. Brick makers make bricks from clay soil.

8. Logging. Loggers are authorised to cut trees selectively from a given area to get logs.

9. 9. Saw milling. Saw millers cut the logs into timber or shapes them into boards.

10. 10. Carpentry. Carpenters use timber and boards to make furniture and other useful items.

11. Pottery. Potters make pots and other earthen items. Some potters may also use of cement or

12. concrete to make flower pots and flower vases

13. Weaving. Weavers make baskets, mats brooms, and other items from grasses and reeds.

14. Plastic straws can also be made in weaving

15. Farming. Crop farmers cultivate the soil using hand tools or farm machinery and plants crops into it

16. Glass smithing. This is a career where people are involved in making objects out of glass

17. Shoe making. Shoe makers make shoes from non-metallic materials like leather, rubber and plastic.