I'm a confused individual looking for some insight and perhaps even advice. I have been working as a Draughtsman for about 15 years throughout all work stages on a variety of projects. I'm highly skilled in Archicad, a certified BIM Manager and on my way learning Python as well. I have no formal qualification and although I can manage all stages of work, as a Draughtsman, I am not allowed by law in our country to do much architectural work and am also not seen to be "capable" of doing such work although I do it anyway in the firm I'm working. My problem due to the lack of qualification is that I have bounced off the glass ceiling so many times I've lost count, no qualification is like a death sentence here so for me to progress further in the traditional Architectural field is improbable.
But my technical skills is my ace up my sleeve. Double but! The implementation or use of BIM is years away here so I'm sitting with a skillset that I neither can apply (that seem worthwhile to people here) or gain any experience in. My question is would it be worthwhile pursuing employment overseas or would I be wasting my time? I understand that working as an Architect in a foreign country has its requirements but that is not my purpose, I would like to purely pursue the BIM route in Architecture. Thanks in advance for reading through my essay!
mblrk
Feb 15, 22 11:38 am
As a technical professional with a focus on BIM expertise you could have access to a much larger pool of employers if you skilled up in Revit. Most of the big offices are on this platform and they are perhaps more likely to be interested in a specialised BIM operator than yet another registered architect. Take a look at the functionality of Dynamo and BIM360, there's enough there to make me want to ditch my 18 years of ArchiCAD experience.
Also in some countries architectural registration is possible without a university qualification, if you are seen as having worked extensively in a comparable industry role and are able to pass the examination. Not sure if that applies where you are but might be worth looking into.
Hi all and Happy 2022!
I'm a confused individual looking for some insight and perhaps even advice. I have been working as a Draughtsman for about 15 years throughout all work stages on a variety of projects. I'm highly skilled in Archicad, a certified BIM Manager and on my way learning Python as well.
I have no formal qualification and although I can manage all stages of work, as a Draughtsman, I am not allowed by law in our country to do much architectural work and am also not seen to be "capable" of doing such work although I do it anyway in the firm I'm working.
My problem due to the lack of qualification is that I have bounced off the glass ceiling so many times I've lost count, no qualification is like a death sentence here so for me to progress further in the traditional Architectural field is improbable.
But my technical skills is my ace up my sleeve.
Double but! The implementation or use of BIM is years away here so I'm sitting with a skillset that I neither can apply (that seem worthwhile to people here) or gain any experience in.
My question is would it be worthwhile pursuing employment overseas or would I be wasting my time? I understand that working as an Architect in a foreign country has its requirements but that is not my purpose, I would like to purely pursue the BIM route in Architecture.
Thanks in advance for reading through my essay!
As a technical professional with a focus on BIM expertise you could have access to a much larger pool of employers if you skilled up in Revit. Most of the big offices are on this platform and they are perhaps more likely to be interested in a specialised BIM operator than yet another registered architect. Take a look at the functionality of Dynamo and BIM360, there's enough there to make me want to ditch my 18 years of ArchiCAD experience.
Also in some countries architectural registration is possible without a university qualification, if you are seen as having worked extensively in a comparable industry role and are able to pass the examination. Not sure if that applies where you are but might be worth looking into.