| Title | Civil Engineers |
| Description | 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, water and sewage systems, and waste disposal units. Includes architectural, structural, traffic, ocean, and geo-technical engineers. |
| Sample Job Title | City Engineer, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineering Manager, Design Engineer, Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, Structural Engineer |
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| Tasks |
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| - Manage and direct staff members and the construction, operations, or maintenance activities at project site. |
| - Provide technical advice regarding design, construction, or program modifications and structural repairs to industrial and managerial personnel. |
| - Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards. |
| - Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility. |
| - Test soils and materials to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations, concrete, asphalt, or steel. |
| - Compute load and grade requirements, water flow rates, and material stress factors to determine design specifications. |
| - Plan and design transportation or hydraulic systems and structures, following construction and government standards, using design software and drawing tools. |
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| Knowledge |
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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. |
| - Design |
| - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
| - 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. |
| - Mathematics |
| - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
| - 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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| Skills |
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| - Mathematics |
| - Using mathematics to solve problems. |
| - Judgment and Decision Making |
| - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| - Critical Thinking |
| - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| - Complex Problem Solving |
| - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
| - Reading Comprehension |
| - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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| Abilities |
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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. |
| - Deductive Reasoning |
| - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| - Inductive Reasoning |
| - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
| - 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). |
| - Mathematical Reasoning |
| - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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| Interests |
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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. |
| - Investigative |
| - Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
| - Conventional |
| - Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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| Work styles |
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| - Attention to Detail |
| - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
| - Analytical Thinking |
| - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
| - Integrity |
| - Job requires being honest and ethical. |
| - Dependability |
| - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
| - Initiative |
| - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
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| Tools |
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| - Compasses |
| - Compasses |
| - Dividers |
| - Distance meters |
| - Electronic distance measuring devices |
| - Rhodes arcs |
| - Levels |
| - Laser levels |
| - Precision levels |
| - Scales |
| - Drafting scales |
| - Rolling scales |
| - Theodolites |
| - Theodolites |
| - Total stations |
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| Technology |
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| - Analytical or scientific software |
| - HEC-1 |
| - HEC-HMS |
| - Hydraulic analysis software |
| - Hydraulic modeling software |
| - Trimble Geomatics Office |
| - Computer aided design CAD software |
| - Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D |
| - Autodesk AutoCAD software |
| - Autodesk Land Desktop |
| - Bentley Haestad Methods CivilStorm |
| - Bentley InRoads Site |
| - Map creation software |
| - Cartography software |
| - ESRI ArcInfo |
| - ESRI ArcView |
| - Geographic information system GIS software |
| - Intergraph MGE |
| - Project management software |
| - Cost estimating software |
| - Microsoft Project |
| - The Gordian Group PROGEN Online |
| - Spreadsheet software |
| - Microsoft Excel |
| - Spreadsheet software |
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