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U.S. Dept. of Labor code 17-1011.00Market Standard — pending BLS/OEWS enrichment

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.

What this job is about

Design and oversee the construction of functional and aesthetic structures.

What this work involves, step by step

AI can help most with the planning, drafting, and paperwork below — not the hands-on parts.

  1. 1

    Consult with clients

    Determine the functional or spatial requirements of the structures.

  2. 2

    Prepare architectural designs

    Create scale drawings using computer-aided design tools.

  3. 3

    Monitor construction work

    Conduct on-site observations to ensure compliance with architectural plans.

  4. 4

    Integrate engineering elements

    Combine engineering aspects into cohesive architectural designs.

  5. 5

    Administer construction contracts

    Oversee the execution of contracts with building contractors.

Tools used in this work
Adobe AcrobatAdobe Creative Cloud softwareAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe PhotoshopAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2Amazon RedshiftAmazon Web Services AWS softwareApache CassandraApache HadoopApache HiveApache MavenAutodesk AutoCADAutodesk AutoCAD Civil 3DAutodesk RevitBentley MicroStationChefESRI ArcGIS softwareIntuit QuickBooksMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft PowerShellMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft WordMongoDBNoSQLOracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio ManagementPostgreSQLPuppetTrimble SketchUp Pro

Free — no credit card required. 200 messages included.

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval — SAL