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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures, and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems. | Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, aerial photography, and other topographical or geologic data to plan projects. | |||
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Plan and design transportation or hydraulic systems and structures, following construction and government standards, using design software and drawing tools. | ||||
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Compute load and grade requirements, water flow rates, and material stress factors to determine design specifications. | ||||
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Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards. | ||||
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Direct or participate in surveying to lay out installations and establish reference points, grades, and elevations to guide construction. | ||||
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Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility. | ||||
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Prepare or present public reports on topics such as bid proposals, deeds, environmental impact statements, or property and right-of-way descriptions. | ||||
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Test soils and materials to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations, concrete, asphalt, or steel. | ||||
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Provide technical advice regarding design, construction, or program modifications and structural repairs to industrial and managerial personnel. | ||||
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Conduct studies of traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess the potential impact of projects. | ||||
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Manage and direct staff members and the construction, operations, or maintenance activities at project site. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Civil Engineers, Including Traffic
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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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. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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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. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. | |||
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Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. | |||
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Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. | |||
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Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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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. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Management of Material Resources | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. | |||
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Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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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). | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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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. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Autodesk AutoCAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Autodesk Land Desktop | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Bentley Haestad Methods CivilStorm | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Bentley InRoads Site | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Bentley MicroStation | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Bridge design software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Cartography software | Map creation software | |||
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Corel WordPerfect software | Word processing software | |||
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Cost estimating software | Project management software | |||
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Data entry software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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ESRI ArcInfo | Map creation software | |||
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ESRI ArcView | Map creation software | |||
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Eagle Point Site Design | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Email software | Electronic mail software | |||
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Formula translation/translator FORTRAN | Development environment software | |||
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GT STRUDL | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Geographic information system GIS software | Map creation software | |||
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Graphics software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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HEC-1 | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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HEC-HMS | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Hydraulic analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Hydraulic modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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HydroCAD Software Solutions HydroCAD Stormwater Modeling System | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Intergraph MGE | Map creation software | |||
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Mathsoft Mathcad | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Internet Explorer | Internet browser software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Project | Project management software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Research Engineers International STAAD.Pro | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Road design software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Scheduling software | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Stormwater hydrology software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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The Gordian Group PROGEN Online | Project management software | |||
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Trimble Geomatics Office | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Trimble Terramodel | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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WinTR-55 | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Anemometers | Anemometers | |||
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Blueprint copiers | Photocopiers | |||
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Compasses | Compasses | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Digital cameras | Digital cameras | |||
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Dividers | Compasses | |||
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Drafting scales | Scales | |||
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Drafting triangles | Triangles | |||
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Electronic distance measuring devices | Distance meters | |||
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Global positioning system GPS devices | Global positioning system receivers | |||
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Laser levels | Levels | |||
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Measuring tapes | Tape measures | |||
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Microfilm readers | Microfiche or microfilm viewers | |||
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Planimeters | Map measurers | |||
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Precision levels | Levels | |||
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Protractors | Protractors | |||
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Radar guns | Speed sensors | |||
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Rhodes arcs | Distance meters | |||
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Rolling scales | Scales | |||
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Steel rules | Rulers | |||
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Surveying rods | Measuring rods | |||
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Surveying wheels | Measuring wheels for distance | |||
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Theodolites | Theodolites | |||
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Thickness gauges | Thickness measuring devices | |||
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Total stations | Theodolites | |||
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Traffic counters | Electronic counters | |||
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Transit levels | Level sensors or transmitters | |||
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Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Airport Engineer | |||
Architectural Engineer | |||
Asphalt Engineer | |||
Automation Engineer | |||
Base Engineer | |||
Bridge Design Engineer | |||
Bridge Engineer | |||
Building Construction Engineer | |||
Building Engineer | |||
Cadastral Engineer | |||
Cartographic Engineer | |||
City Engineer | |||
Civil Engineer | |||
Civil Engineering Manager | |||
Concrete Engineer | |||
Condemnation Engineer | |||
Construction Engineer | |||
Contracting Engineer | |||
County Engineer | |||
Demolition Engineer | |||
Design Engineer | |||
District Engineer | |||
Drainage Design Coordinator | |||
Drainage Engineer | |||
Energy Infrastructure Engineer | |||
Engineer | |||
Environmental Construction Engineer | |||
Erecting Engineer | |||
Facilities Engineer | |||
Forest Engineer | |||
Forestry Engineer | |||
Foundation Engineer | |||
Geodetic Engineer | |||
Geological Engineer | |||
Geotechnical Engineer | |||
Highway Design Engineer | |||
Highway Engineer | |||
Highway Research Engineer | |||
Highway Safety Engineer | |||
Hydraulic Engineer | |||
Hydroelectric Plant Structural Engineer | |||
Hydrographic Engineer | |||
Irrigation Engineer | |||
Maintenance Engineer | |||
Mapping Engineer | |||
Material Engineer | |||
Municipal Engineer | |||
Plans Examiner | |||
Process Engineer | |||
Project Engineer | |||
Project Manager | |||
Railroad Design Consultant | |||
Railroad Engineer | |||
Reclamation Engineer | |||
Research Hydraulic Engineer | |||
Reservoir Engineer | |||
Resident Engineer | |||
Resource Recovery Engineer | |||
Road Design Engineer | |||
Road Engineer | |||
Sanitary Engineer | |||
Street Engineer | |||
Stress Engineer | |||
Structural Design Engineer | |||
Structural Designer | |||
Structural Engineer | |||
Structural Steel Engineer | |||
Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) | |||
Topographical Engineer | |||
Track Production Engineer | |||
Traffic Engineer | |||
Transportation Analyst | |||
Transportation Consultant | |||
Transportation Engineer | |||
Traveling Engineer | |||
Utility Engineer | |||
Wastewater Plant Civil Engineer | |||
Water Systems Designer | |||
Water Systems Engineer | |||
Zoning Engineer | |||
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