Careers in Construction
Take the next step towards building your future
Build your future: Build what matters
What will you build with your future?
Construction offers one of Ireland’s most in demand, diverse and future proof career paths with opportunities to earn, learn, and progress at any stage.
Whether you are a student considering your future career, or looking to change or upskill, there has never been a more exciting time to work in the construction industry.
Why choose a career in construction?
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Strong job demand across Ireland and overseas
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Wide variety of roles and entry pathways
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Transferable skills
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Hands-on, practical work
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Progression into speciality, supervisory and management roles
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Earn while you learn through apprenticeships
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High earning potential with competitive salaries across a wide range of roles
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Build real things
Find out about the kind of careers available in construction
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structure. Architectural works, the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art.
Civil Engineering
Roads, bridges, airports, railways, and other significant construction projects are built and maintained with the input of civil engineers.
Construction Management & Planning
Construction projects are complex processes, with many relationships to be managed and very precise sequences of events to be followed. A variety of roles are involved in coordinating the vast array of moving parts, resources and people involved.
Construction Projects
These are the places where the actual construction takes place. Large construction sites are places teaming with skilled personnel who create the actual structures designed by architects and engineers.
Modern Methods of Construction
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) uses innovative technologies and off-site manufacturing to deliver high-quality, sustainable buildings more efficiently than traditional construction methods. Combining construction with advancements such as BIM, robotics and modular building, MMC offers exciting career opportunities at the forefront of the industry’s future.
Planning
Planners help shape the places where we live, work and relax by guiding how land and buildings are used and developed. They balance environmental, social and economic needs to create sustainable communities and support Ireland’s future growth.
Skilled Trades
All construction work involves teams of skilled trades people. These are the ‘worker bees’ of the industry and every building or construction you see had been assembled by these crafts people.
Surveying
Surveying takes in many different careers utilising a broad set of skills. Surveyors primarily work within construction and property but are in demand in many other sectors.
Structural Engineering
Structural Engineering combines design, engineering and problem-solving to create safe, sustainable buildings and infrastructure such as bridges, schools and stadiums. It offers the opportunity to use creativity and technology to shape the built environment while working with a wide range of construction professionals.
Career pathways
There are multiple ways to get started. You can choose the path that suits you best.
College/CAO routes
Apprenticeships
PLCs, Pre-Apprenticeships & Traineeships
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