Landscape Architect

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Potential job titles in this career

AP BD+C (Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction), Architect, Golf Course Architect, Land Planner, Landscape Architect, Landscape Designer, Landscape Planner, Park Planner, Planner, Professional Landscape Architect (PLA)

* Additional schooling, certification, or degrees maybe be required for some of the potential careers that are listed.

What will I do?

Prepare graphic representations or drawings of proposed plans or designs.

Confer with clients, engineering personnel, or architects on landscape projects.

Integrate existing land features or landscaping into designs.

Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials or work, or advise clients or construction personnel.

Analyze data on conditions such as site location, drainage, or structure location for environmental reports or landscaping plans.

Develop marketing materials, proposals, or presentations to generate new work opportunities.

Manage the work of subcontractors to ensure quality control.

Present project plans or designs to public stakeholders, such as government agencies or community groups.

Prepare site plans, specifications, or cost estimates for land development.

Create landscapes that minimize water consumption such as by incorporating drought-resistant grasses or indigenous plants.

In this career, it is important to know

Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Building and Construction - Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

It's useful to be good at

Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

Employment trends

Location	Pay period	2022
Location	Pay period	10%	25%	Median%	75%	90%
United States	Hourly	$20.61	$26.38	$35.20	$45.61	$58.49
United States	Yearly	$42,870	$54,870	$73,210	$94,860	$121,660
Arizona	Hourly	$19.59	$19.59	$27.19	$31.94	$40.14
Arizona	Yearly	$40,750	$40,750	$56,560	$66,430	$83,500

2022 Median%
United States	$35.20 Hourly	$73,210 Yearly
Arizona	$27.19 Hourly	$56,560 Yearly

Employment (2022)

23,600 employees

Projected growth (2022 - 2032)

Little or no change

Projected job openings (2022 - 2032)

1,800

* Data obtained from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).

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