Cluster Chosen: ARCHITECTURE

Your path

Possible Careers:

  • Architectural and civil drafter
  • Environmental designer
  • Construction worker
  • Electrician
  • Building services technician
  • Sheet metal technician

Degrees and Certs:

  • Certificates
    • Certificate in interior design for Architects
    • Project management Professional
    • Certified System Architect
    • ACI certification (American Concrete Institute) - many organizations require this certification if you are going into construction
    • OSHA Safety Certificate
    • Operator Certification
  • Architectural degrees
    • If you want to be an architect, you need to commit to at least five years of further study (includes bach + mast degree levels) and an additional two years of work experience.
    • The UK requires you to pass the ARB/RIBA (Architects Registration Board/Royal Institute of British Architects for bachelor qualification.
  • Construction degrees
    • Can pursue associate, bachelor, masters, or PhD programs
    • Apprenticeships are also available

    Trade School Options:

  • Construction Trades Institute
  • West - MEC
  • EVIT (East Valley Institute of Technology)
    • Construction technologies
    • Gateway Community College ( construction trades: electrical & construction trades: electrical, commercial, and residential certificates are available)
      • Also has apprenticeship programs

        • Top 5 highest Ranking Colleges:

        • Architecture
          • Calornia
          • Polytechnic State University
          • California State University
          • Penn State University
          • University of Minnesota
          • North Dakota State University
        • Architecture
          • Calornia
          • Polytechnic State University
          • California State University
          • Penn State University
          • University of Minnesota
          • North Dakota State University

          Career Map Examples:

          Architectural Studies

          PROS:

          • Construction management has a positive job growth
          • Increased construction job opportunities in the future
          • Construction is a very versatile field: you can choose construction management, construction worker, many fields of engineers work in construction (health & safety, material, civil…), architects, and so many more
          • Architects can make really good money
          • Architects don’t have to work many extra hours
          • Being an architect is a great creative outlook

          CONS:

          • Architecture can be a highly stressful field
          • Architecture is an extremely competitive field.
          • There is a lot of dependency on the client in architecture and it takes a while to get your name out there.
          • In construction, there is a higher risk for injury as the work can be dangerous.
          • Construction work is not a plausible long-term option because you will reach a certain age where it wouldn’t be safe to be working on massive buildings.
          • Remote work is impossible as a construction worker

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