Bachelors Degree

Professional Degree

Basic
Reading
comprehension
Active listening
Writing
Speaking
Mathematics
Critical thinking
Learning strategies
Monitoring

Medium
Instructing
Judgment and
decision making
Management of
financial resources
Management of
personnel resources
Negotiation
Persuasion
Quality control
analysis
Social
perceptiveness
Time management
Troubleshooting

Hard
Complex problem solving
Coordination
Operations analysis

Consults with clients to determine the functional and spatial requirements of structures.
Prepares scale drawings.
Plans layout of project.
Prepares information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimated costs,
operational efficiency, environmental sustainability, or construction time.
Integrates engineering element into unified design.
Prepares contract documents for building contractors.
Directs activities of workers engaged in preparing drawings and specification documents.
Conducts periodic on-site observation of work during construction to monitor compliance with plans.
Seeks new work opportunities through marketing, writing proposals, or giving presentations.
Designs or plans construction of green building projects to minimize adverse environmental impact or conserve energy.
Region Average Entry Level Experienced
Boulder MSA $68,290 or $32.83/hr $37,340 or $17.95/hr $111,670 or $53.69/hr
Colorado Springs MSA $67,740 or $32.57/hr $50,110 or $24.09/hr $93,940 or $45.16/hr
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield
MSA
$82,780 or $39.80/hr $44,150 or $21.23/hr $120,930 or $58.14/hr
Fort Collins-Loveland MSA $81,980 or $39.42/hr $40,980 or $19.70/hr $119,540 or $57.47/hr
Pueblo MSA $62,130 or $29.87/hr $34,740 or $16.70/hr
$100,790 or $48.46/hr
Colorado Geographical
Areas Wages
Region Average Entry Level Experienced
North Central Colorado
nonmetropolitan area
$84,730 or $40.74/hr $38,850 or $18.68/hr $120,350 or $57.86/hr
Colorado Geographical Areas Wages
Skills you use For other Careers
Creating design concepts for structures and facilities
Designing and arranging objects
Designing structures and land use
Drafting drawings for buildings and equipment
Explaining diagrams
Giving advice on building plans and projects
Operating computers to lay out designs and colors
Planning project activities

Mathematics
English
Environmental science
Foreign Language
Social Science

People telling you that you cant
A lot of money
Doing horrible in high school.
American Institute of Architects
http://www.aia.org
American Institute of Architecture Students
http://www.aias.org
Society of American Registered Architects
http://www.sararchitects.org
Myfuture.com
http://www.myfuture.com





I would say that being an architect is
independent and team oriented. I say its
independent because well you need to
come up with your idea. You need to solve
problems on your own at times. Its a team
thing too because also you have your
partners correcting your mistakes or
agreeing with you.
This career will be conductive to my lifestyle
because of many reason. First reason is that I get
to be alone at times and not get distracted, while
I'm doing a project. Second reason is that I get to
work with people and not be alone in projects
and get frustrated. The work hours are okay. They
arent long or short, so I can live with that. Also
creating things is one of my passions in my life. I
just create things without even trying, so this is
good. Also if I work hard enough and become a
good architect, It will support my needs with
money, house, clothes, etc. This is why this career
will be conductive to my lifestyle.
At the end of my research I have
chosen to still stay with this career. I still
want to pursue this career because it fits
my life style. It has hardly no down sides
that I dont like. It has mostly pros than
cons. This is why I want to still go after this
career.