Good Architects from Auckland
George Costanza in Seinfeld loved to play he was an architect wherever he could get away with it. For many people, to have a job as an architect can be one of the best things there are. Almost all this type of jobs is in engineering. About one in five are self-employed. It might be difficult to believe that a job that comes with as much prestige could possibly be affected by the crunch. It totally has been affected though; over the last one year alone, the architecture sector has lost a full 25,000 jobs. The good news is that the salaries for those who do stay in employment have only risen. Architect salaries usually are between $50,000 and $100,000 a year; for the sort of salary they bank, they certainly study hard at school to gain the right degrees. They usually obtain their professional qualifications completing a Bachelor of Architecture degree over five years, and then a two-year Master`s degree in architecture to top it. The degrees, to have any meaning, must be with universities that are accredited by the NAAB. Once they do get the right qualifications, they need licenses to actually practice. To qualify for licensing, one needs to complete an internship and then take an industry body test called the Architect Registration Exam. Hanging on to this license isn`t easy also - there are regular tests and ongoing education requirements. After one jump through all these hoops and completes all the tasks, the jobs they come by will scale up in responsibilities given in every project. After about 10 years in the job, he can expect to come by a managerial place, or to open his own firm. Available jobs will really open up over the next 10 years according to estimates. Auckland Architects with qualifications in computer-based design will be top of the heap. While salaries for experts with more than 20 years behind them in their sectors can be something in excess of $100,000 a year, it doesn`t happen that way with every architect`s job. The kind of company one is employed in, the size of city where the firm is, the specialization one is involved in, all of these have a say in what one`s wages can be expected to be. It can be an extremely rewarding career for the kind of job pleasure one ends up with. But it can be hard job too, with loads of accountability.