Look ARound you. you are likely inside a room in a building, maybe your school. you are in a
structure that started with an idea in an architect’s head. He or she imagined how tall it would be, how
many rooms it would hold, where the walls and doorways would stand. The architect drew up plans that
guided teams of people as they went about constructing the building—plumbers, electricians, masons,
roofers, framers, and so on. And now that the building is finished, another team of people manage
and maintain it, keeping equipment up and running, the spaces clean and organized, and the windows
glistening. These are the people who work in the Architecture & Construction cluster. If you like to design
and build things, tinker with tools and technology, or decorate homes and offices with flooring, paint,
furniture, and art, then Architecture & Construction could be the right career cluster for you.
Building
Hot Career Areas
Dreams

Governor Rick Perry has
launched a strategic plan that
targets state efforts on six
industry clusters that economists
say will be the engines of
economic growth in Texas.
As you plan your future, think about a career in
one of these new and emerging sectors.
• Advanced technologies & Manufacturing
- Molecular technologist
- Sensor/robotics engineer
• Aerospace & Defense
- Aerospace engineer
11,270 members
- Unmanned autonomous vehicle engineer
of THe Texas assocIaTIon of • Biotechnology & Life Sciences
buIlders (www.texasbuilders.org)
- Bioinformatics specialist
- Biocontainment technician
represenT 550,000 jobs and
$37 bIllIon of THe Texas economY.
• Information & Computer technology
- System integrator
- Computer game developer
• Petroleum Refining & Chemical Products
- Petrochemical engineer
- Refinery process design engineer
• Energy
- Wind/solar energy engineer
- Geophysical (oil and gas) prospector
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