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Requirement

6. Explore a career, and research one properly

Required

Careers only: unlike many badges in this library there is no hobby alternative here. Training and education needed, costs, job prospects, salary, duties and advancement. Entirely desk research, so it fits any gap while glue or paint is drying.

Notes and warnings

Note. CAREERS ONLY, AND COMPLETELY REWRITTEN. Many badges in this library pair a careers requirement with a hobby alternative, and this one does not. The 2025 printed book asked you to list at least six occupations in which modelmaking is used; the current page asks you to research one career properly, covering training and education needed, costs, job prospects, salary, duties and advancement. Your research may be an internet or library search, an interview, or a visit, with your parent or guardian's permission. It is entirely desk work, so it is the natural thing to do while glue or paint is drying.

Where this step comes from

  1. Model Design and Building Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 6