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Landscape Architects

$73.21K Median Salary 1.6K Job Openings (Annual Projection) -0.4% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

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)

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Visualization
Written Comprehension
Category Flexibility
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Originality
Problem Sensitivity
Fluency of Ideas
Information Ordering
Near Vision
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Written Expression
Selective Attention
Far Vision
Flexibility of Closure

Knowledge

Design
Building and Construction
Public Safety and Security
English Language
Engineering and Technology
Computers and Electronics
Customer and Personal Service
Law and Government
Administration and Management
Mathematics
Geography
Biology
Fine Arts
Sociology and Anthropology
Sales and Marketing

Skills

Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Coordination
Critical Thinking
Speaking
Active Learning
Judgment and Decision Making
Social Perceptiveness
Time Management
Writing
Operations Analysis
Systems Analysis
Service Orientation
Persuasion
Systems Evaluation
Instructing
Management of Personnel Resources
Mathematics
Monitoring
Negotiation

Technology Skills

Computer aided design CAD software
Presentation software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Geographic information system
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Document management software
Desktop publishing software
Video creation and editing software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Internet browser software
Data base user interface and query software
Project management software

Tools

Scanners
Global positioning system GPS receiver
Notebook computers
Digital cameras
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Desktop computers
Personal computers