Name

Date

Career Planning
We have looked at the different career paths (directly entering the workforce, military,
apprenticeships, technical school, and college) and you have been told some career options that
you might like from Naviance.
Here, you will start to figure out a plan for how to attain three possible careers. Use the
Occupational Outlook Handbook provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to complete the
following chart. www.bls.gov/ooh
Architect

Commercial pilot

$73,090
Bachelors degree

$98410

Internship/residency

On the-job training

17%

Moderate-term on the
job training
-1%

Create structures,
estimate cost of
building, seek new
work by marketing and
giving presentations

Check condition of
aircraft, communicate
with air traffic control,
operate and control
aircraft

Budget, work
timetables, explain
contracts and
technical information,
work with other
people,

Work Environment

1 in 5 are self
employed. Work in
office and visit
construction sites.

4% are self-employed,

57% are self

employed. Long
hours, work on site.

Work Schedule

Work long hours,

especially when facing
deadlines.

Work fulltime, may

have to work longer
hours to meet
deadlines

How to Become One

(Education,
Licenses/Certificatio
n, Advancement)

Get 5 year
architecture degree
program need to have
an internship (3 years
minimum), must be
licensed.

Federal government
regulates amount of
hours a pilot can
work. Some days may
have a lot of work
other days you have
little to no work.
Need bachelors
degree, a ATP
certificate from the
FAA,

2012 Median Pay

Entry-Level
Education
On-the-Job Training
Job Outlook 2010-20
(Percent &
Comparison Rate)
Duties
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Construction
managers
$82790
Bachelors degree

16%

Need bachelors
degree, all are hired
as assistants and work
their way up and are
usually working for a
couple of years before
becoming a

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construction manager.

Job Prospects
[Go to Job Outlook
Tab & summarize
the information]

Lots of competition for

the jobs and education
for becoming an
architect

Very competitive.

More and more are

becoming needed

Similar Occupations
(Choose 3)

Civil engineer,
construction
managers, industrial
designers

Bus driver, taxi

driver, delivery truck

Architects, civil
engineers, cost
estimators.

Questions: Answer each question in a short paragraph.

1. Which career seems like the best fit for you after knowing this information?
I think the best career option for me is becoming a construction manager. This is
because I will be working on the design of the building and I would eventually be my
own boss. Furthermore I would enjoy being involved in modeling and constructing a
building.

2. What college were you thinking about going to? Does it offer the major needed to
attain this career?
The college I am planning on attending is Clarkson University in New York. The school is
known for its engineering courses. Going to this college would help me in becoming a
construction manager.