Civil Engineering Technicians
Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
Tasks Include:
- Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects and to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities using calculator or computer.
- Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements.
- Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.
- Inspect project site and evaluate contractor work to detect design malfunctions and ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes.
- Develop plans and estimate costs for installation of systems, utilization of facilities, or construction of structures.
- Prepare reports and document project activities and data.
- Respond to public suggestions and complaints.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection.
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +18.2%
National: +12.0%
Education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Average Earnings:
National
$47,940.00
State
$47,600.00
Regional
Civil Engineering Technicians
Description
| Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction
|
Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Education
Required Level of Education
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) = 40.55%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 21.56%
- Bachelor's Degree = 16.30%
- High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) = 11.61%
- Some College Courses = 9.33%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree, but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master = 0.65%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 34.42%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 30.91%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 19.23%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 10.40%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 2.13%
- None = 1.21%
- Over 10 years = 0.82%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.76%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.13%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 27.81%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 27.62%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.79%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.89%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.04%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 4.26%
- Over 10 years = 2.22%
- None = 0.72%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.65%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 27.06%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.50%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 19.55%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.75%
- Over 10 years = 9.69%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.51%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 1.34%
- None or short demonstration = 0.59%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects and to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities using calculator or computer.
- Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements.
- Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.
- Inspect project site and evaluate contractor work to detect design malfunctions and ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes.
- Develop plans and estimate costs for installation of systems, utilization of facilities, or construction of structures.
- Prepare reports and document project activities and data.
- Respond to public suggestions and complaints.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Report maintenance problems occurring at project site to supervisor and negotiate changes to resolve system conflicts.
- Evaluate facility to determine suitability for occupancy and square footage availability.
- Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.
- Plan and conduct field surveys to locate new sites and analyze details of project sites.
- Conduct materials test and analysis using tools and equipment and applying engineering knowledge.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Analytical balances
- Digital image printers (Blueprint machines)
- Trowels (Brickmasons' trowels)
- Augers (Bucket augers)
- Compression testers (Compression testing machines)
- Scanners (Computer scanners)
- Heating or drying equipment or accessories (Dessicators)
- Volumeters (Dilatometers)
- Dropping pipettes
- Drying cabinets or ovens (Drying ovens)
- Theodolites (Engineers' transits)
- Laboratory dishes (Evaporating dishes)
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Field data collectors)
- Filter papers
- Laboratory beakers (Glass beakers)
- Laboratory burets (Glass burets)
- Global positioning system receivers (Global positioning system GPS devices)
- Laboratory graduated cylinders (Graduated glass cylinders)
- Augers (Hand augers)
- Boring or sinking machinery (Hand-operated boring machines)
- Handheld thermometer (Handheld digital thermometers)
- Hydrometers
- Pitch measuring instruments (Inclinometers)
- Vibratory plates (Kneading compactors)
- Laboratory balances
- Sampling syringes (Laboratory bulb syringes)
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
- Test sieves (Laboratory test sieves)
- Laboratory vials
- Loadcells (Load cells)
- Machetes
- Magnetic stirrers
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Orbital shakers (Mechanical sieve shakers)
- Concrete or cement testing instruments (Metal cones)
- Densitometers (Nuclear densometers)
- Concrete or cement testing instruments (Paving sample splitters)
- Personal computers
- pH meters (pH testers)
- Picks
- Plotter printers (Plotters)
- Penetrometers (Pocket penetrometers)
- Precipitation or evaporation recorders (Precipitation gauges)
- Levels (Precision levels)
- Pycnometers
- Hydraulic rock drills (Rotary rock drills)
- Mallets (Rubber mallets)
- Safety glasses
- Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
- Seismic recorders or seismographs (Seismographs)
- Hammers (Sledgehammers)
- Concrete or cement testing instruments (Slump cones)
- Land drilling rigs (Small-gauge surface drilling rigs)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Soil augers)
- Permeability testing apparatus (Soil density testers)
- Moisture meters (Soil moisture meters)
- Soil testing kits (Soil resistivity test kits)
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Soil sampling tubes)
- Soil testing kits
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Split spoon samplers)
- Concrete or cement testing instruments (Stabilometers)
- Straight edges (Straightedges)
- Strain gauges
- Open stream current meters (Stream flow gauges)
- Measuring rods (Surveying rods)
- Tampers (Tamping rods)
- Theodolites
- Soil core sampling apparatus (Thin-walled Shelby tubes)
- Shear strength testers (Torvanes)
- Theodolites (Total stations)
- Level sensors or transmitters (Transit levels)
- Two way radios
- Vibration testers (Vibration monitors)
- Water samplers
- Laboratory funnels (Wide-mouthed funnels)
Technologies Include:
- Analytical or scientific software
- Coordinate geometry COGO software
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Graphics software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Map creation software
- Digital terrain modeling software
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Special Requirements
The National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies has established a voluntary certification program for engineering technicians. Certification is available at various levels, each level combining a written examination in 1 of about 30 specialties with a certain amount of job-related experience, a supervisory evaluation, and a recommendation.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Additional Resources
Free information is available on the JETS Internet site:
http://www.jets.org
Information on ABET-accredited engineering technology programs is available from:
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
111 Market Place
Suite 1050
Baltimore, MD 21202
http://www.abet.org
Information on certification of engineering technicians is available from:
National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET)
1420 King St.
Alexandria, VA 22314-2794
http://www.nicet.org
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Knowledge
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 77.75 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
| 72.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
| 71.50 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
| 67.50 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
| 55.25 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
| 51.75 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
| 49.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Skills
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 72.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
| 65.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| 65.50 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| 59.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| 56.25 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| 53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| 53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| 53.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
| 50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
| 50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Abilities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 68.75 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| 68.75 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 62.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| 62.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
| 62.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
| 62.50 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
| 62.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
| 62.50 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
| 59.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
| 56.25 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
| 56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
| 53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
| 53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
| 53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
| 53.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
| 53.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
| 50.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Work Activities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 89.00 | Interacting With Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
| 85.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| 83.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| 83.75 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| 82.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
| 79.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| 79.25 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
| 76.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| 75.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| 74.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
| 74.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
| 71.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
| 71.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| 70.75 | Communicating with Persons Outside Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
| 70.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| 66.50 | Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| 66.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| 57.50 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
| 55.50 | Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
| 54.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
| 54.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
| 54.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
| 53.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
| 51.00 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Work Styles
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 79.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
| 75.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
| 75.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
| 72.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
| 70.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
| 70.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
| 66.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. |
| 66.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
| 65.25 | Self Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
| 65.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
| 64.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
| 61.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
| 60.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
| 56.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Work Values
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
| 61.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
| 55.50 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
| 52.83 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
| 50.00 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Work Context
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 97.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
| 91.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
| 90.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
| 88.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
| 87.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
| 85.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
| 85.40 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
| 84.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
| 84.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
| 74.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
| 74.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
| 74.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
| 73.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
| 73.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
| 73.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
| 72.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
| 71.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | How do the decisions an employee makes impact the results of co-workers, clients or the company? |
| 68.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
| 66.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
| 64.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
| 60.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
| 59.20 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
| 57.40 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
| 56.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
| 53.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
| 53.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
| 52.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
| 50.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include food service managers, electricians, agricultural technicians, legal secretaries, interviewers, and insurance sales agents.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Earnings Benefits
| Region | Entry Level | Average | Experienced |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $28,960.00 | $48,480.00 | $71,610.00 |
| Virginia | $27,620.00 | $47,600.00 | $71,310.00 |
| Region | Entry Level | Average | Experienced |
| Bay Consortium | $36,685.29 | $55,217.58 | $77,594.46 |
| Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $32,048.67 | $47,166.37 | $66,276.72 |
| Central VA/Region2000 | $33,803.12 | $42,928.30 | $53,470.23 |
| Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Greater Peninsula | $35,892.24 | $47,874.24 | $61,410.90 |
| Hampton Roads | $34,716.86 | $50,895.34 | $70,281.53 |
| New River/Mt. Rogers | $27,846.10 | $43,139.24 | $60,433.28 |
| Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | $32,868.09 | $52,977.36 | $76,502.23 |
| Piedmont Workforce | $39,319.00 | $47,589.27 | $58,995.23 |
| Shenandoah Valley | $35,639.72 | $45,889.58 | $58,473.97 |
| South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Southwestern Virginia | $26,490.20 | $43,412.05 | $61,754.69 |
| West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
| Western Virginia | $23,462.00 | $39,663.81 | $60,406.91 |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Employment Projections
| National | 2010 | 2020 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 79,000 | 88,500 | + 12.0% |
| State | 2008 | 2018 | % Change |
| Virginia | 3,030 | 3,580 | + 18.2% |
| Region | 2008 | 2018 | % Change |
| Bay Consortium | 180 | 216 | + 20.0% |
| Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 484 | 532 | + 9.9% |
| Central VA/Region2000 | 53 | 64 | + 20.8% |
| Crater Area | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Greater Peninsula | 236 | 291 | + 23.3% |
| Hampton Roads | 365 | 452 | + 23.8% |
| New River/Mt. Rogers | 143 | 159 | + 11.2% |
| Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | 1,165 | 1,416 | + 21.5% |
| Piedmont Workforce | 47 | 52 | + 10.6% |
| Shenandoah Valley | 93 | 102 | + 9.7% |
| South Central | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Southwestern Virginia | 53 | 64 | + 20.8% |
| West Piedmont | 0 | 0 | + 0.0% |
| Western Virginia | 73 | 82 | + 12.3% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Workforce Connection.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Related Occupations
Related Occupations
- Civil Engineers
- Materials Engineers
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
- Civil Drafters
- Electrical Drafters
- Mechanical Drafters
- Electrical Engineering Technicians
- Traffic Technicians
Careers in Design/Pre-Construction Pathway:
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Landscape Architects
- Surveyors
- Civil Engineers
- Mechanical Drafters
- Civil Engineering Technicians
- Interior Designers
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
View Videos
The following videos are available for this occupation:
- Architecture and Construction (7.03 Mb)
Macromedia Flash is required for viewing the videos. If you do not have the Flash plugin, it is freely available for download.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: New York State Department of Labor; New Jersey Department of Labor; California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Construction, General
- Drafting
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
- Surveying
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Defense Manpower Data Center.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Titles
- Bridge Construction Inspector
- Civil Designer
- Civil Engineer Helper
- Civil Engineer's Aide
- Civil Engineering Assistant
- Civil Engineering Designer
- Civil Engineering Technician
- Concrete Engineering Technician
- Construction Analyst
- Construction Inspector
- Design Engineer
- Design Technician
- Drafting Technician
- Engineer Assistant
- Engineer Technician
- Engineering Aide
- Engineering Assistant
- Engineering Construction Inspector
- Engineering Specialist
- Engineering Technician
- Facility Planner
- Field Technician
- Fire Protection Engineering Technician
- Geotechnical Engineering Technician
- Highway Construction Inspector
- Highway Engineering Technician
- Highway Technician
- Parking Analyst
- Plumbing Designer
- Project Engineer
- Structural Engineering Technician
- Surveyor
- Transportation Engineering Technician
- Truss Designer
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Civil Engineering Technicians
Related Schools
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Norfolk State University
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Tidewater Community College