Browse by Career Cluster

The National Career Clusters® Framework serves as an organizing tool for programs, curriculum design and instruction. Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. They can help focus plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.

Construction: Architecture & Civil Engineering Save Table: XLSX CSV

Careers combining the planning, design, and drafting of infrastructure, structures, and landscapes with the application of technical expertise through architecture and civil and structural engineering.
Professionals in this field develop sustainable, safe, and esthetically pleasing spaces while ensuring compliance with regulations. This Sub-Cluster spans residential, commercial, industrial, and public infrastructure projects, requiring a blend of creativity, technical precision, and problem-solving to meet modern societal and environmental challenges.
Example programs of study:
  • Architectural Design
  • Drafting
  • Landscape Architecture
CodeOccupation
17-1011.00Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
17-3011.00Architectural and Civil Drafters
11-9041.00Architectural and Engineering Managers
11-9041.01Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
17-1021.00Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
17-3022.00Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
17-2051.00Civil Engineers Bright Outlook
27-1029.00Designers, All Other
17-3012.00Electrical and Electronics Drafters
17-2199.03Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar
17-3029.00Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
17-2199.00Engineers, All Other
17-1022.01Geodetic Surveyors
17-1012.00Landscape Architects
17-3029.01Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
17-2199.11Solar Energy Systems Engineers
17-1022.00Surveyors
17-2051.01Transportation Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2051.02Water/Wastewater Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2199.10Wind Energy Engineers

Source: National Career Clusters® Framework by Advance CTE (2024 edition).