5,150 InTerIor desIgners
wIll be workIng In THe sTaTe of Texas In 2012,
accordIng To THe Texas workforce commIssIon.
Maintenance/Operations
Once buildings are finished, they require
scale. Interior designers make critical glazing (installing windows), and more.
another team of people to operate and
judgements that affect the function and Almost every member of the construction
maintain them. These workers clean,
environment of rooms in residential homes team must be up on the latest technology,
repair, upgrade, and service every corner
as well as in commercial structures. They Anthony stresses. “Technology has certainly
of a structure. They work as painters;
create floorplans, often with computer- facilitated the forward momentum as far as
groundskeepers; landscapers; roofers;
aided drafting software, and choose paint, communications in the world of design go,”
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
wallpaper, flooring, furnishings, and other she says. “The use of software applications is
experts; and refrigeration mechanics.
elements of interior decor. They work with absolutely crucial.”
Cagle notes, “If you have a broken window,
spaces ranging from cozy breakfast nooks Of course, there are the more “nuts and bolts”
no one is more important to you than
in suburban cottages to the broad expanse aspects of construction, which don’t depend
a glazier.”
of office cubicles filling entire floors of on technology but are every bit as crucial. “The
No matter what your academic aptitude,
commercial skyscrapers. ability to read a drawing and translate it is
there is likely to be a place for you in
important,” says Cagle. “In general, someone
Architecture & Construction. The most
Construction who builds things wants to measure twice and
important requirements for success, says
Once interior and external plans are created, cut once. That kind of attention to detail is
Anthony, are “dedication, maturity,
they are turned over to a team of contractors essential in construction jobs.”
loyalty, clear-mindedness, and a
and craftspeople who handle the construction. “Some construction professionals, such
willingness to learn.”
“There’s something wonderfully rewarding as those who do skilled masonry work, are
about watching something evolve from highly skilled artists,” Cagle notes. “You
a drawing,” Cagle says. Specialists in the can really tell a building that has been put
construction trades do framing, painting, together by a craftsman as opposed
masonry, flooring, electrical wiring, cabinet to someone who has no vested
making, heating and air conditioning work, interest in the outcome.”
5
Cool Careers
cHeck ouT THese excITIng careers In arcHITecTure & consTrucTIon.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
ArChiTECTUrAL LANDSCApE ArChiTECT STONEmASON/STONE GrAzEr, bULLDOzEr, hiSTOriC
DrAFTEr being in architecture & FAbriCATOr AND SCrApEr OpErATOr prESErvATiONiST
are you the type of person construction doesn’t mean This is the ultimate field for admit it, you loved playing with careers in building aren’t
who doodles snazzy cars or you have to work on buildings someone who dreads a desk toy bulldozers as a kid, right? always about new construction.
skyscrapers on the inside flap themselves. designing the job. stonemasons and stone Here’s your chance to work with as in any other creative field,
of your algebra notebook? If landscape of residential and fabricators are highly skilled the real thing. It only takes a few architects and construction
so, you just might be right for commercial projects is an artisans specializing in the use months of on-the-job training specialists look to the works of
a career as an architectural equally exciting and important of natural and synthetic stone in to become skilled at handling past masters for inspiration. In
drafter. essentially, this line of part of construction. becoming constructing walls, walkways, big machinery like grazers, fact, some people specialize in
work would have you working a landscape architect entails a bridges, mantels, and more. bulldozers, and scrapers. preserving old theaters, schools,
alongside the architect, four- to five-year college degree most learn the craft through an homes, and other buildings—
drawing detailed plans of and, of course, a green thumb. apprenticeship, which can restoring these treasures before
projects according to his or her last anywhere from a year to they become condemned. This
specifications. five years. is one of the most lucrative and
respected specialties in the
building world.
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