Careers information
There are many different job roles in the built environment sector: from Architect or Town Planner to Landscaper Architect or Surveyor. The following organisations provide careers information in different built environment career routes:
RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects
www.architecture.com/EducationAndCareers/BecomingAnArchitect/ and download ‘think architecture leaflet’ PDF
CABE – Commission for Architecture and Built Environment
www.cabe.org.uk/careers - built environment careers information and www.cabe.org.uk/publications/making-places to download the Making Places careers information booklet
RTPI – Royal Town Planning Institute
www.rtpi.org.uk/education_and_careers/planning_as_a_career
ISE - Institute of Structural Engineers
www.istructe.org/become_a_structural_engineer/Pages/default.aspx
RICS - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
www.rics.org/JoinRICS/careersinsurveying/
Landscape Institute (Landscape Architecture)
Visit the ‘I want to be a landscape architect’ website resource - www.iwanttobealandscapearchitect.com
Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
www.ciat.org.uk/en/careers/and download career information booklet
Architecture for Everyone
Online careers guide: http://architectureforeveryone.org.uk/careers
University of West of England
South West University offering built environment degree and post graduate course: Faculty of built and natural environment www.bne.uwe.ac.uk/
Construction Skills
Built environment career profiles: www.cskills.org/workinconstr/inconstruction/casestudies/index.aspx
bconstructive
www.bconstructive.co.uk/careers/index.aspx
The Architectue Centre has produced a set of Built Environment Career profiles that can be downloaded by students and teachers.
Building for the future
Read our built environment education advocacy document Building for the Future
