Architectural Technician (Diploma, Co-op and Regular Option)

About this programme

Build your architectural career within the construction industry. The two-year Architectural Technician Ontario College Diploma program teaches you the skills and techniques to enter a career in the architecture and construction fields. Your professors are industry professionals who provide you with a learning experience from the construction industry and the architectural profession, enabling you to be successful in your academic and professional ventures. Begin the program with a focus on residential construction, and progress to studying commercial construction. Develop skills related to all facets of building construction, including design and technical resolution with the integration of building and material detailing. As a student in this program, you have the opportunity to study a variety of practical topics, using both applied and theoretical learning, and a project-based, integrated studies approach. Topics include: Working Drawings Methods and Materials of Construction Codes and Standards AutoCAD Revit Visual Communications Building Design Environmental Systems Students also have the option to gain real-world experience through a paid co-operative education (co-op) work term (see Additional Information for more details). Please note that places in the co-op work term are subject to availability and academic eligibility. Please note admission to the co-op program does not guarantee a co-op placement. Upon completion of this two-year program, you have the opportunity to further your education at Algonquin College by: applying for admission into the third year of the Architectural Technology Ontario College Advanced Diploma program applying for advanced standing in the Bachelor of Science (Building Science) degree program Graduates often work: in architectural offices with contractors in multiple sectors in engineering offices as a building materials sales representative with municipal offices, provincial and federal agencies dealing with construction in construction, maintenance, and planning with real estate and facilities management companies