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What interests you?

  • Drawing floorplans and elevations
  • Solving complex problems
  • Working in a team
  • Creative projects
  • Building things
  • blueprints
  • blueprints opened up
  • compass and design tools on desk
  • inside a curved architectural building, looking up
  • walt disney concert hall in los angeles
  • two designers reviewing work on construction site
  • blueprints and pencils
  • architectural lines on a modern home
  • looking up in the middle of a city center
  • modern squared corner home
  • stairs in a shopping center
  • windows in a wooden building

Check out these careers:

architect working on drafting plans on laptop
Architect
annual salary range
$52,900-147,730
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Technician speaking on walkie talkie
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Technicians
annual salary range
$37,770-105,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers reviewing plans
Architectural and Engineering Managers
annual salary range
$102,070-208,000
Architectural Drafter holding pen to paper while sketching
Architectural Drafters
annual salary range
$41.630-88,010
Civil Engineer work
Civil Engineer
annual salary range
$62,080-161,210
Environmental Engineering Technician on building site
Environmental Engineering Technicians
annual salary range
$35,320-97,290

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Do you...

  • Have innovative ideas
  • Pay attention to detail
  • Like to work collaboratively
  • Have knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles
  • Analyze information and evaluate results

Gain Some Experience

  • Conduct research and prepare a project for a science fair
  • Visit a construction site
  • Job shadow an architect or engineer
  • Teach a summer science camp or after-school program
  • Join Business Professionals of America (BPA)
  • Join Skills USA
  • Join American Institute of Architecture Students and attend meetings
  • Volunteer to draw floor plans
blueprints
three architects reviewing blueprints on building site
design plans for a chair
curving postmodern architecture
designer showing plans to client
architectural sketch in progress

School

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Work

Career Interviews

Let’s find out what people working in the careers you want to explore have to say. Download the Career Interview worksheet (PDF).