Unit 9 - Careers.

Architect.

30-40 hrs per week.
£30,000 + per year.

Architects design new buildings and the spaces around them. They also work on the restoration and conservation of existing buildings. They manage the construction process, control budgets and deal with planning issues.


Entry Requirements.

The most common way to qualify as an architect involves five years’ study on a university course recognised by the Architects Registration Board (ARB), plus two years’ professional experience.

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/architect.aspx


Interior Designer.

Variable hours.
£18,000 + per year.

Interior designers plan and supervise the design and decoration of the inside of buildings. This can include private homes and buildings such as offices, hotels, restaurants and shops. 

You will need a high level of design skill to become an interior designer, which usually means completing a higher education course in an art- or design-related subject at foundation degree, HND or degree level.

Another way into this career is to approach design companies to see if you can start as a design assistant. 

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/interiordesigner.aspx


CAD technician.

35-40 hrs per week.
£16,000 + per year.

Computer aided design (CAD) technicians use software to create design plans for buildings and machinery. You could work in a wide range of industries, such as engineering, construction and manufacturing. If you are interested in industrial design and enjoy using software, this job could be just right for you. 

One way to become a CAD technician is to start an Apprenticeship with an engineering, manufacturing or construction firm. To get onto an Apprenticeship scheme, you will need four or five GCSEs (A-C) including maths, English and a science subject.

Another way to gain CAD skills is to take a college course that covers computer aided design, such as: Level 2 First Certificate in Engineering Technology. Level 2 Award/Certificate in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing. Level 2 Diploma in Performing Foundation Engineering Operations.

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/cadtechnician.aspx 

The art review power 100 list.

Top 10:

1. Iwan & Manuela Wirth

2. Ai Weiwei 

3. David Zwirner

4. Hans Ulrich Obrist & Julia Peyton-Jones 

5. Nicholas Serota 

6. Larry Gagosian

7. Glenn D. Lowry 

8. Marina Abramovic 

9. Adam D. Weinberg 

10. Carolyn Christov-B

5. Nicholas Serota. 

Serota trained at Cambridge and Courtauld Institute of Art, where he worked on Turner’s visits to Switzerland. It has been a turbulent 12 months since the head of the four Tate galleries took the number one spot on this list. While discontent and protest fitfully surfaced from the activist-left over BP’s corporate sponsorship, in the spring it was Serota’s detractors on the right who made the most noise. The conservative press gleefully stretched for Oscar Wilde clichés when Tate lost not one but two directors in quick succession. Penelope Curtis leaving Tate Britain for Calouste Gulbenkian Museum after a much maligned five-year tenure, and Chris Dercon announcing his decision to jump ship from Tate Modern to direct Berlin’s Volksbühne was not a good look for Serota.