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Overview
Civil engineering technicians help plan, organise and monitor construction and infrastructure work. They work with drawings, materials, measurements, schedules, construction supplies, quality checks and records of work progress.
In job descriptions, look for civil engineering, construction methods, technical drawings, building information modelling, material calculations, land surveys, site measurements, safety procedures and utility infrastructure.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Civil engineering technician work connects plans with site execution. The role may support drawings, measurements, material needs, schedules, bids, invoices, construction supplies and records while keeping attention on safety and infrastructure constraints.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include reading technical drawings, using measurement instruments, working with building information modelling or CAD, estimating work duration, inspecting supplies, keeping progress records and understanding construction methods.
Salary context
Salary context depends on project size, site responsibility, drawing and measurement complexity, scheduling duties, material control and whether the technician supports roads, water systems, utilities or buildings. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Career paths can move from site or design support into surveying, CAD or BIM coordination, construction planning, materials quality, site supervision, cost control or more specialised civil engineering projects.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the split between office design support and site work. Clear adverts name project type, measurement tools, drawing systems, safety duties, reporting routines and responsibility for materials or subcontractor coordination.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
17-3022.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETCivil Engineers
17-2051.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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Alternative labels
civil engineering design technician
civils technician
hydraulic engineering superintendent
civil engineering technical officer
civil engineering services technician
civil engineering superintendent
road engineering superintendent
earthworks civil engineering superintendent
civil engineering technical assistant
Occupation group
Civil engineering technicians (3112)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0f5cc4eb-925d-4b99-be6d-b0964a253a9a |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3112.1 |
| ISCO group | 3112 |
| Concept type | Occupation |