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Architectural and Town Planning Technicians

Architectural and town planning technicians perform a variety of technical support functions to assist architects and planners with the design of buildings and the layout of urban and rural areas.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 17,989
£ 28,513
£ 44,829

New workers start around £17,989. Normal pay is £28,513 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £44,829.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 23,926 vacancies for this type of job

1.59%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Checks that completed work conforms to specifications.

  • Issues development permits as authorised.

  • Surveys land and property uses and prepares report for planning authority.

  • Liaises with engineers and building contractors regarding technical construction problems and attends site meetings on behalf of architect.

  • Prepares building plans, drawings and specifications for use by contractors.

  • Investigates proposed design with regard to practicality, cost and use.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Autodesk Revit

  • AutoCAD

  • Project Management

  • Building Information Modeling

  • Construction

  • Project Planning

  • Planning Permission

  • SketchUp (3D Modeling Software)

  • Network Architecture

  • Technical Design

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Planning

  • Communications

  • Management

  • Innovation

  • Problem Solving

  • Leadership

  • Presentations

  • Coordinating

  • Scheduling

  • Mentorship

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People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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