Staff role
Civil Engineering Tech
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.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Civil Designer; Civil Engineering Assistant; Civil Engineering Technician; Design Technician; Engineer Technician; Engineering Assistant; Engineering Technician; Transportation Engineering Technician
Tasks
- 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.
- Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.
- Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.
- Prepare reports and document project activities and data.
- Report maintenance problems occurring at project site to supervisor and negotiate changes to resolve system conflicts.
Knowledge
- Engineering and Technology
- Design
- Building and Construction
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Administrative
- Customer and Personal Service
- Computers and Electronics
- Mechanical
- English Language
- Transportation
- Public Safety and Security
- Physics
- Education and Training
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Mathematics
- Speaking
- Writing
- Monitoring
Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Deductive Reasoning
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Near Vision
- Oral Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Written Expression
- Visualization
- Number Facility
- Inductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Far Vision
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
- Category Flexibility
- Flexibility of Closure
- Fluency of Ideas
- Originality
- Speed of Closure
- Selective Attention
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