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Architect/Designer?

Job Title and Job Description

Architect/Designer?

Self-employed business owner, provide design services for residential and commercial owners.

What are some related career opportunities and job titles in your company or in your career area?

Broad field of opportunities: designers, draftsmen (produce drawings by hand and/or by computers) construction observation, and town boards for historic preservation.

What education or training did you have to prepare for this career?

5-Year Professional DegreeState License?

What education or training do you recommend for students today who want to enter this field?

Take a high school level CAD course to find out if you like it. Art, social studies, and environmental science classes are relevant; I feel that math & science are not as important as you may think. You have to be focused for a long journey.?

When you were in high school, did you know that you would enter this field?

Yes I did; I was interested in how buildings affect people. ?

Skills Profile

Skills UsedRating (5=Most Important thru
1=Not Important)		Comments
Artistic 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important? 
Athletic / Physical 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important? 
Bilingual 2-Less Important2-Less Important? 
Computer Technology 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important? 
Coordination / Using Hands, Tools, and Equipment 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important? 
Creative Thinking 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important? 
Interpersonal 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important? 
Investigative / Fact Finding 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important? 
leadership and Supervising 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important? 
Logical Thinking 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important? 
Math 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important? 
Mechanical Understanding 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important? 
Sales and Negotiation 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important? 
Scientific and Experimental 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important? 
Social Service / Helping Skills 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important? 
Teaching / Instructing 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important? 
Verbal Communication 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important? 
Understanding Nature, Plants, Animals 4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important4-Very Important? 
Understanding Yourself 5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important5-Most Important? 
Writing 3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important3-Somewhat Important? 
 

Interview By: Architect/Designer?