Details Report for:
17-3022.00 - Civil Engineering Technologists and 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.
Sample of reported job titles: Civil Designer, Civil Engineering Assistant, Civil Engineering Technician, Design Technician, Engineer Technician, Engineering Assistant, Engineering Technician, Transportation Engineering Technician
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
Tasks Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Technology Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Analytical or scientific software — Coordinate geometry COGO software
- Computer aided design CAD software
— Autodesk AutoCAD
; Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
; Bentley Microstation
; Computer aided design and drafting software CADD (see all 6 examples)
- Development environment software — Microsoft Visual Basic
; National Instruments LabVIEW
- Electronic mail software — Email software; IBM Notes
; Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software
— SAP
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Graphics software
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Map creation software — Bentley Systems InRoads Suite; Digital terrain modeling software; ESRI ArcGIS software
; Geographic information system GIS software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Analytical balances
- Augers — Bucket augers; Hand augers
- Boring or sinking machinery — Hand-operated boring machines
- Compression testers — Compression testing machines
- Concrete or cement testing instruments — Metal cones; Paving sample splitters; Slump cones; Stabilometers
- Densitometers — Nuclear densometers
- Digital image printers — Blueprint machines
- Dropping pipettes
- Drying cabinets or ovens — Drying ovens
- Filter papers
- Global positioning system GPS receiver — Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Handheld thermometer — Handheld digital thermometers
- Heating or drying equipment or accessories — Dessicators
- Hydraulic rock drills — Rotary rock drills
- Hydrometers
- Laboratory balances
- Laboratory beakers — Glass beakers
- Laboratory burets — Glass burets
- Laboratory dishes — Evaporating dishes
- Laboratory funnels — Wide-mouthed funnels
- Laboratory graduated cylinders — Graduated glass cylinders
- Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
- Laboratory vials
- Land drilling rigs — Small-gauge surface drilling rigs
- Level sensors or transmitters — Transit levels
- Levels — Precision levels
- Loadcells — Load cells
- Machetes
- Magnetic stirrers
- Measuring rods — Surveying rods
- Moisture meters — Soil moisture meters
- Open stream current meters — Stream flow gauges
- Orbital shakers — Mechanical sieve shakers
- Penetrometers — Pocket penetrometers
- Permeability testing apparatus — Soil density testers
- Personal computers
- pH meters — pH testers
- Picks
- Pitch measuring instruments — Inclinometers
- Plotter printers — Plotters
- Portable data input terminals — Field data collectors
- Precipitation or evaporation recorders — Precipitation gauges
- Protective gloves — Safety gloves
- Pycnometers
- Rubber mallet — Rubber mallets
- Safety glasses
- Sampling syringes — Laboratory bulb syringes
- Scanners — Computer scanners
- Seismic recorders or seismographs — Seismographs
- Shear strength testers — Torvanes
- Sledge hammer — Sledgehammers
- Soil core sampling apparatus — Soil augers; Soil sampling tubes; Split spoon samplers; Thin-walled Shelby tubes
- Soil testing kits — Soil resistivity test kits
- Straight edges — Straightedges
- Strain gauges
- Tampers — Tamping rods
- Tape measures — Measuring tapes
- Test sieves — Laboratory test sieves
- Theodolites — Engineers' transits; Total stations
- Trowels — Brickmasons' trowels
- Two way radios
- Vibration testers — Vibration monitors
- Vibratory plates — Kneading compactors
- Volumeters — Dilatometers
- Water samplers
Knowledge Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Abilities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Detailed Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Estimate technical or resource requirements for development or production projects.
- Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.
- Review technical documents to plan work.
- Create graphical representations of civil structures.
- Test characteristics of materials or structures.
- Estimate operational costs.
- Prepare detailed work plans.
- Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.
- Create maps.
- Prepare operational reports.
- Prepare project budgets.
- Survey land or bodies of water to measure or determine features.
- Negotiate prices or other sales terms.
- Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
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Work Context Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Job Zone Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Title | Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed |
Education | Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. |
Related 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. |
Job Zone Examples | These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, travel guides, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters, and medical assistants. |
SVP Range | (6.0 to < 7.0) |
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Interests Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. ![]() |
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Work Styles Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Related Occupations Save Table (XLS/CSV)
17-3011.00 | Architectural and Civil Drafters |
17-3012.00 | Electrical and Electronics Drafters |
17-3013.00 | Mechanical Drafters |
17-3031.00 | Surveying and Mapping Technicians |
47-4011.00 | Construction and Building Inspectors |
51-8012.00 | Power Distributors and Dispatchers |
53-6041.00 | Traffic Technicians ![]() |
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wages (2019) | $25.68 hourly, $53,410 annual |
State wages | |
Local wages | |
Employment (2019) | 70,900 employees |
Projected growth (2019-2029) | ![]() |
Projected job openings (2019-2029) | 6,100 |
State trends | |
Top industries (2019) | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (49% employed in this sector)
Government (43%)
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data
and 2019-2029 employment projections
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"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2019-2029). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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