1. Architecture & Construction
Career Clusters
Architecture & Construction

2. Definitions Architecture & Design Career Cluster
Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment.

3. What jobs do you think are in this cluster?

4. Types of Jobs Architect Residential or Commercial Carpenter
Electrician
Construction Worker
Architectural Restorer
Painter
Brick Mason
Plumber
Surveyor
Roofer
Landscape Architect
Interior Designers
Urban Planner
Home Appliance Repairs
Drafter
Landscape Architects

5. Considering a Job in Architecture & Construction?
Are you good at making designs or models?
Can you visualize projects in your mind?
Do you enjoy beautiful and historic buildings?
Are you good with plans and blueprints?
Are you good with your hands?
Would you enjoy designing a park or a garden?
If you answer yes to two or more of these questions, then you’ll probably enjoy a job in this career field.

6. Career Pathways in Architecture & Construction
There are three main pathways within Architecture & Construction:
Preconstruction & Design
Construction
Maintenance & Operations

7. Preconstruction and Design
This pathway encompasses all the jobs that are done before a project can be built.
Jobs include:
Architect
Civil engineer
Cost estimator
Contractor
Developer
Highway engineer
Surveyor
Specification writer
Urban planner

8. Construction
The construction pathway includes all the jobs involved in actual construction, from demolition to finish carpentry.
Jobs include:
Bricklayer
Construction worker
Demolition worker
Heavy equipment operator
Drywall installer
Mason
Lather
Floor covering installer
Pipefitter
Rigger
Welder

9. Maintenance and Operations
This pathway contains all the jobs related to maintaining, repairing, and upgrading structures
Jobs include:
Electrician
Plumber
Painter
HVAC mechanic
Building inspector
Architectural historian

10. Educational Requirements
Education requirements vary with different jobs.
Some jobs may require a Bachelors or Masters degree in Architecture.
Others may require you to go to a School of Design to get a Bachelors of Science in Interior Design.
Some careers require a Bachelors or Masters in Engineering.