Today ACTE has released CTE: Developing the Construction and Architecture Workforce, the second in our revamped series of Sector Sheets describing CTE’s role in growing the workforce for vital industry sectors. The Sector Sheet series is published with support from ACTE's long-time partner Pearson. 

These revised Sector Sheets include job opportunities in each sector and descriptions of how CTE prepares learners for the workforce in each sector, all in a new format featuring more streamlined text and additional graphics to make these advocacy tools even more effective.

The Construction and Architecture Sector Sheet describes occupations, earnings and credentials that can help individuals enter and progress in careers in residential and commercial construction, infrastructure construction, and architecture and engineering. It also shares how CTE prepares learners for construction and architecture careers through courses, education and industry credentials, work-based learning, career and technical student organizations, and more. The data demonstrates the importance of CTE to developing this workforce, which currently employs around 7.9 million people and needs more than 700,000 new workers annually to fulfill the country’s building needs.

As we move forward with the revamped Sector Sheets, both the newer and older Sector Sheets will remain available on the ACTE Sector Sheet webpage for download and use. We encourage you to share these tools with students, counselors, policymakers and others to spread the message about CTE and its benefits for students and the workforce.