1. Education/Training Required: Bachelor’s degree
2. Annual Earnings: $50,780
3. Growth: 22.2%
4. Annual Job Openings: 2,000
5. Self-Employed: 23.4%
6. Part-Time: 5.5%
Plan and design land areas for such projects as parks and other recreational facilities, airports,highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions,and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.
Prepare site plans, specifications, and cost estimates for land development, coordinating arrangement of existing and proposed land features and structures.

Confer with clients, engineering personnel, and architects on overall program. Compile and analyze data on conditions, such as location, drainage, and location of structures for environmental reports and
landscaping plans. Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, approve quality of materials and work, and advise client and construction personnel. SKILLS—Coordination: Adjusting
actions in relation to others’ actions. Operations

Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent
to get the work done and accounting for these expenditures. Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and
understanding why they react as they do.
Time Management: Managing one’s own time and the time of others. Instructing: Teaching others how to do something. Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related
information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
GOE—Interest Area: 02. Architecture and Construction.
Work Group: 02.02. Architectural Design. Other Jobs in This Work Group: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval.
PERSONALITY TYPE: Artistic. Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs, and patterns. They often require self-expression, and the work can be done without following a clear set of
rules.

EDUCATION/TRAINING PROGRAM(S)—
Environmental Design/Architecture; Landscape
Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA,PhD).

RELATED KNOWLEDGE/COURSES—
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Building and Construction: Knowledge of the materials, methods, and tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Geography:Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics; locations;interrelationships; and distribution of plant, animal,and human life.
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.
Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms and their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting,and selling products or services. This includes marketing
strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.