1. Travis Head JR 9-12-08 3rd pd Ms.levy Career Explorations
My Future Career
Travis Head JR
3rd pd
Ms.levy
Career Explorations

2. Architect

3. Nature of Work
People need places in which to live, work, play, learn, worship, meet, govern, shop, and eat. These places may be private or public; indoors or out; rooms, buildings, or complexes, and architects design them. Architects may be involved in all phases of construction project. Architects sometimes specialize in one phase of work only.

4. Training, Other Qualifications, and advancement
There are three main steps of becoming an Architect. 1 Attainment of a professional degree in Architecture. 2 Work experience through internship. 3 License through passing the Architect exam. Architects must be able to Communicate their ideas visually to their clients. You have to learn to work independently and as a team

5. Employment
Architects held about 132,000 jobs in A small number worked for residential and nonresidential building construction firms. Only about 1 in 5 Architects are self imployed

6. Job Outlook
Employments of Architects is expected to grow faster through It is expected to grow by 18 percent. Some Architect firms have not thought about the drafting of the construction documents. Despite of good overall job opportunities some Architects many not learn as fast as others

7. Earnings
Median annual earnings of wage and salary Architects were paid 64,180 dollars in may of The lowest you can earn as an Architect is 39,420 dollars. Those just starting can expect to earn a lot less. Many firms also pay tuition to those that are continuing college.

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