Career Ladder
BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR HIGHER
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Career/Technical Education Teachers
- Civil Engineers
- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Construction Managers
- Engineers, All Other
- Environmental Engineers
- Landscape Architects
- General and Operations Managers
- Purchasing Managers
- Surveyors
- Urban and Regional Planners


ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE/LONG-TERM TRAINING/APPRENTICESHIPS
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Carpenters
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Drafters, All Other
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blaster
- Glaziers
- Maintenance and Repair Workers
- Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Wind Turbine Service Technicians
CERTIFICATE OR MODERATE-TERM TRAINING
- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Cement Masons
- Construction and Building Inspectors
- Construction and Related Workers, All Other
- Crane and Tower Operators
- Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators
- Helpers--Extraction Workers
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Roofers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians


HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENT & SHORT-TERM TRAINING
- Construction Laborers
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile
- Helpers--Carpenters
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Helpers--Roofers
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
- Riggers
- Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders