Landscape Architects

Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.

On the job, you would:

• 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.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• master's degree

Engineering and Technology

• design
• building and construction

Safety and Government

• public safety and security
• law and government

Arts and Humanities

• English language
• music, dance, visual arts, drama, or sculpture

Business

• customer service

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Integrity
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Cooperation
• Initiative

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

• create new and original ideas
• group things in different ways

Attention

• pay attention to something without being distracted