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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities using calculator or computer. | |||
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Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects and to ensure conformance to specifications. | ||||
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Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings. | ||||
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Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements. | ||||
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Prepare reports and document project activities and data. | ||||
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Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions. | ||||
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Inspect project site and evaluate contractor work to detect design malfunctions and ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes. | ||||
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Plan and conduct field surveys to locate new sites and analyze details of project sites. | ||||
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Develop plans and estimate costs for installation of systems, utilization of facilities, or construction of structures. | ||||
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Report maintenance problems occurring at project site to supervisor and negotiate changes to resolve system conflicts. | ||||
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Conduct materials test and analysis using tools and equipment and applying engineering knowledge. | ||||
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Respond to public suggestions and complaints. | ||||
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Evaluate facility to determine suitability for occupancy and square footage availability. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Civil Engineering Technicians and Technologists
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 | |||
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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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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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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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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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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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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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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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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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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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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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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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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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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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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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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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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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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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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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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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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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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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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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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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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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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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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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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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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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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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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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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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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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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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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Computer aided design CAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Coordinate geometry COGO software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Digital terrain modeling software | Map creation software | |||
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Email software | Electronic mail 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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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Analytical balances | Analytical balances | |||
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Blueprint machines | Digital image printers | |||
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Brickmasons' trowels | Trowels | |||
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Bucket augers | Augers | |||
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Compression testing machines | Compression testers | |||
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Computer scanners | Scanners | |||
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Dessicators | Heating or drying equipment or accessories | |||
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Dilatometers | Volumeters | |||
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Dropping pipettes | Dropping pipettes | |||
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Drying ovens | Drying cabinets or ovens | |||
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Engineers' transits | Theodolites | |||
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Evaporating dishes | Laboratory dishes | |||
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Field data collectors | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Filter papers | Filter papers | |||
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Glass beakers | Laboratory beakers | |||
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Glass burets | Laboratory burets | |||
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Global positioning system GPS devices | Global positioning system receivers | |||
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Graduated glass cylinders | Laboratory graduated cylinders | |||
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Hand augers | Augers | |||
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Hand-operated boring machines | Boring or sinking machinery | |||
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Handheld digital thermometers | Handheld thermometer | |||
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Hydrometers | Hydrometers | |||
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Inclinometers | Pitch measuring instruments | |||
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Kneading compactors | Vibratory plates | |||
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Laboratory balances | Laboratory balances | |||
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Laboratory bulb syringes | Sampling syringes | |||
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Laboratory mechanical convection ovens | Laboratory mechanical convection ovens | |||
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Laboratory test sieves | Test sieves | |||
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Laboratory vials | Laboratory vials | |||
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Load cells | Loadcells | |||
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Machetes | Machetes | |||
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Magnetic stirrers | Magnetic stirrers | |||
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Measuring tapes | Tape measures | |||
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Mechanical sieve shakers | Orbital shakers | |||
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Metal cones | Concrete or cement testing instruments | |||
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Nuclear densometers | Densitometers | |||
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Paving sample splitters | Concrete or cement testing instruments | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Picks | Picks | |||
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Plotters | Plotter printers | |||
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Pocket penetrometers | Penetrometers | |||
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Precipitation gauges | Precipitation or evaporation recorders | |||
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Precision levels | Levels | |||
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Pycnometers | Pycnometers | |||
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Rotary rock drills | Hydraulic rock drills | |||
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Rubber mallets | Mallets | |||
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Safety glasses | Safety glasses | |||
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Safety gloves | Protective gloves | |||
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Seismographs | Seismic recorders or seismographs | |||
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Sledgehammers | Hammers | |||
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Slump cones | Concrete or cement testing instruments | |||
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Small-gauge surface drilling rigs | Land drilling rigs | |||
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Soil augers | Soil core sampling apparatus | |||
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Soil density testers | Permeability testing apparatus | |||
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Soil moisture meters | Moisture meters | |||
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Soil resistivity test kits | Soil testing kits | |||
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Soil sampling tubes | Soil core sampling apparatus | |||
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Soil testing kits | Soil testing kits | |||
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Split spoon samplers | Soil core sampling apparatus | |||
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Stabilometers | Concrete or cement testing instruments | |||
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Straightedges | Straight edges | |||
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Strain gauges | Strain gauges | |||
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Stream flow gauges | Open stream current meters | |||
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Surveying rods | Measuring rods | |||
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Tamping rods | Tampers | |||
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Theodolites | Theodolites | |||
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Thin-walled Shelby tubes | Soil core sampling apparatus | |||
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Torvanes | Shear strength testers | |||
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Total stations | Theodolites | |||
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Transit levels | Level sensors or transmitters | |||
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Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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Vibration monitors | Vibration testers | |||
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Water samplers | Water samplers | |||
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Wide-mouthed funnels | Laboratory funnels | |||
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pH testers | pH meters | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
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) | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
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 | |||
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