Architect Job Description

The Architect job function is to plans and designs structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.

Tasks for Architects

• The Architect consults with clients to determine functional and spatial of structure.
• The Architect prepares scale drawings.
• The Architect plans layouts of projects.
• The Architect prepares information regarding designs, structure specifications, materials, color equipment, estimated costs or construction time.
• The Architect integrates engineering element into unified design.
• The Architect prepares contracts documents for building contractors.
• The Architect directs activities of workers engaged in preparing drawings and specifications documents.
• The Architect conducts periodic on-site observation of work during construction to monitor compliance with plans.
• The Architect seeks new work opportunities through marketing, writing proposals, or giving presentations.
• The Architect administer construction contracts for would be clients.

Architect Knowledge Requirements

• The Architect needs knowledge of design techniques tool, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• The Architect needs knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings or other structures such as highways and roads.
• The Architect needs knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• The Architect needs knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources leadership technique, production methods and coordination of people and resources.
• The Architect needs knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words rules of composition, and grammar.
• The Architect needs knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and product demonstration sales techniques, and sales control systems.
• The Architect needs knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• The Architect must have knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Skills and Abilities of the Architect

• The Architect needs the skill of active listening. This includes giving full attention what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• The Architect needs the skill of critical thinking. This includes using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• The Architect needs the skill of complex problem solving. This includes identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• The Architect needs the skill of time management. This includes managing their time and the time of others in their work crews.
• The Architect needs the skill of reading comprehension. This means the ability to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• The Architect needs the skill of management of personnel resources. This means the ability to motivate, develop, and direct people as they work, identify the best people for the job and the ability to train them in the manner needed to do the job function.
• The Architect needs the skill of coordination. This includes adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions along with maintaining their own abilities.
• The Architect needs the skill of writing and speaking. This is the ability to communicate effectively in writing as appropriately for the needs to the audience. They also must be able to talk to others to convey information effectively.
• The Architect needs the skill to maintain operations analysis. This includes the analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
• The Architect needs the ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. The Architect needs the ability to see details at close range within a few feet of the observer. The Architect vision is crucial when it comes to drawing plans of a structure.
• The Architect needs the ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The Architect needs the ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.