Field trips to construction sites and interviews with contractors or building trade officials are good ways to gain practical information about what it is like to work in the industry and how best to prepare for it. Summer jobs at a construction site provide an overview of the work involved in a building project. Students may also seek part-time jobs with a general contracting company, with a specialized contractor (such as a plumbing or electrical contractor), or as a carpenter's helper. Jobs in building supply houses will help students become familiar with construction materials.
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- Ambassadors
- Architects
- Asbestos Abatement Technicians
- Assessors and Appraisers
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Bailiffs
- Bank Examiners
- Boilermakers and Mechanics
- Border Patrol Agents
- Bricklayers and Stonemasons
- Building Automation Systems Engineers
- Building Automation Systems Technicians
- Building Performance Diagnosticians
- Campaign Workers
- Carpenters
- Cement Masons
- City Managers
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Computer-Aided Design Drafters and Technicians
- Congressional Aides
- Construction Laborers
- Construction Managers
- Cost Estimators
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customs Officials
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Drafters
- Drywall Installers and Finishers
- Economists
- Electricians
- Elevator Installers and Repairers
- Emergency Management Directors
- Emergency Medical Technicians
- Emergency Services Dispatchers
- Engineering Technicians
- Engineers
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Planners
- EPA Special Agents
- Ergonomists
- FBI Agents
- Federal and State Officials
- Fire Inspectors
- Fire Investigators
- Fire Protection Engineers
- Fire Safety Directors
- Fire Safety Technicians
- Firefighters
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Floor Covering Installers
- Foreign Service Officers
- Forensic Experts
- Forest Fire Prevention Specialists
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Furniture Designers
- Futurists
- General Maintenance Mechanics
- Geodetic Surveyors
- Geologists
- Geotechnical Engineers
- Glaziers
- Green Builders
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Heating and Cooling Technicians
- Indoor Environmental Health Specialists
- Industrial Designers
- Insulators/Insulation Workers
- Intelligence Officers
- Interior Designers and Decorators
- Interpreters
- Land Trust or Preserve Managers
- Landscape Architects
- Lathers
- Lobbyists
- Marble Setters, Tile Setters, and Terrazzo Workers
- Military Recruiters
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- Millwrights
- National Park Service Employees
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Operating Engineers
- Painters and Paperhangers
- Park Rangers
- Plasterers
- Plumbers and Pipefitters
- Policy Analysts
- Political Consultants
- Political Scientists
- Press Secretaries
- Real Estate Developers
- Recycling Coordinators
- Regional and Local Officials
- Renewable Energy Site Assessors
- Roofers
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Smart Building Systems Designers
- Stationary Engineers
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Surveyors
- Swimming Pool Designers
- Traffic Engineers
- Translators
- Transportation Planners
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Welders and Welding Technicians
- Wildland Firefighters