AfTER high sChOOL
Blueprint
Your Future
Pick the route AfTER HIGH sCHooL that fits your
personal ambitions in Architecture & Construction.
I
was not a disciplined student in high ironworkers, pipefitters, plumbers,
school,” admits Samuel Odamah, and others.
who attended Dallas Skyline Career Programs range from three to five
Development Center in Dallas, “and even years in length and combine classroom
now, as an architecture student at the training—usually one or two nights a
University of Texas in Arlington, I struggle week—with full-time employment and
with that a bit. In college, I’ve learned on-the-job training working directly with
from other students that those who prepare skilled craftspeople. At the end of the
well ahead of time and are very organized program, trainees are prepared to take Community and
do better.” licensing exams for state certification. Technical Colleges
Whether, like Odamah, you’re aiming Gary Strouz, training director with Community colleges and the Texas State
for a career in architecture or planning to the Electrical Apprenticeship Training Technical College System (TSTC) provide
work in a skilled construction trade, it’s Program in Houston, stresses the benefits a variety of attractive options for students
important to start early, get organized, and of working while undergoing training. pursuing careers in Architecture &
create a blueprint for your future after high “Trainees have medical insurance and get Construction.
school. Here are some options. a $2-an-hour raise every year, guaranteed Tech Prep, for example, sets up six-year
in writing if they meet their obligations,” career and technical education programs
Apprenticeships he says. beginning the first year of high school
“Typically,” says Kevin Alter, associate Trainees in some programs are eligible and continuing through two years at a
professor of architecture at the University of for postsecondary credit from the Houston community college. A typical Tech Prep
Texas at Austin, “people in construction jobs Community College System toward college program in south Texas links high school
learn from working apprenticeships.” The certificates or associate’s degrees. studies in the United Independent School
Apprenticeship and Training Association of
Texas, headquartered in Houston, includes
apprentice training programs in all major
THe unIversITY of HousTon’s .
construction trades, including bricklayers,
carpenters, cement masons, electricians,
gerald d. HInes college of arcHITecTure launcHed THe sTaTe’s
fIrsT IndusTrIal desIgn of mass produced producTs program
In THe fall of 2006.
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