Clandestine Career Choices for Landscape Architects
As of November 2010
Choice #1: Get temporary job Overseas with AIPT/IAESTE
Association for International Practical Training, Columbia, MD
International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (AIPT/IAESTE)
10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 250 | Columbia, MD 21044-3519 | 410.997.2200
60 yrs + Nonprofit organization provides paid internships in over 80 countries in landscape architecture, engineering, science lasting 4 weeks to 18 months.
Also, assists in obtaining work permits for career-related practical training in most fields for both students and college graduates.
Deadline: late December.
Choice #2: Get temporary job directly with a Foreign City Government, or Company
International Federation of Landscape Architects
Ms. Christine Bavassa, Communication & Executive Secretary
Email: admin@iflaonline.org
A country by country guide to how to get a job or to obtain work experience as a student or newly qualified professional. This document covers so far Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, with a brief note on China and the USA.
http://www.iflaonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41&Itemid=47
Choice #3 & 4 : Permanent Job: US Federal Government – Department of Defense
Inside USA and Overseas
http://www.usajobs.com/
Some suggested search keywords OR these Career Field numbers:
0807 – Landscape Architect
0801 – Civil Engineer
0810 – General Engineer
0401 – Biologist
Some unexpected places for Landscape Architects in the Federal Government :
1. Department of Defense bases/posts ( Engineer and Scientist Fields)
a) Army http://cpol.army.mil
http://www.armyman.net/otherresources/browse/84/cpolarmyjobs.html
b) Air Force http://www.afciviliancareers.com/flash/index.php
c) Navy (NAVFAC) and Marine Corps https://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal/page/portal/navfac/navfac_careers_pp
d) Coast Guard http://www.uscg.mil/civilian/default.asp
2. US Army Corps of Engineers – Military District supports DoD locations above; Divided into geographic Regions http://www.usace.army.mil/CEHR/WorkForUSACE/Pages/default.aspx
3. US Army Corps of Engineers – Civil Works District supports flood & Disaster relief, recreation, hydropower, shipping; Divided by watersheds geographically http://www.usace.army.mil/CEHR/WorkForUSACE/Pages/default.aspx
4. Department of Transportation – FAA Airport design and maintenance. http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ahr/jobs_careers/
5. Veterans Administration. Facilities Engineers, Cemetaries. http://www4.va.gov/jobs/career_search.asp
6. Architect of the Capital. http://www.aoc.gov/employment/index.cfm
Choice #5 : Permanent Job: Private Consulting Engineering Firms.
[Okay so not SO clandestine, but they tend to pay better than Architects or LAs!]
Top 500 Design Firms 2009 & 2010. http://enr.construction.com/toplists/designfirms/001-100.asp
Choice #6 : Self-Employed: Publisher and Consultant
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Questions? Ms. Kim Van Borkulo, RLA, LEED-AP
Build That Green http://BuildThatGreen.com
2006 Forest Hills Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28303
BuildThatGreen@Gmail.com
