Landscape Architects
Also called:
Landscape Architect, Project Manager, Golf Course Architect, Land Planner
What they do:
Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.
On the job, you would:
- Confer with clients, engineering personnel, and architects on overall program.
- Prepare site plans, specifications, and cost estimates for land development, coordinating arrangement of existing and proposed land features and structures.
- Seek new work opportunities through marketing, writing proposals or giving presentations.
Engineering and Technology
- design
- building and construction
Arts and Humanities
- English language
- music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture
Math and Science
Business
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- create new and original ideas
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People interested in this work like activities that include
creating, designing, and making your own rules.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Analytical Thinking
- Cooperation
- Initiative
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You might use software like this on the job:
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Bentley Microstation
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
Desktop publishing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
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bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$63,240
per year, on average
This work is part of the .
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