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Building and Civil Engineering Technicians

Building and civil engineering technicians perform a variety of technical support functions to assist civil and building engineers.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£19,301
£29,724
£45,972

New workers start around £19,301. Normal pay is £29,724 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,972.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 14,176 vacancies for this type of job

3.56%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Estimates timescales for project delivery.

  • Estimates project costs.

  • Creates and designs plans (using computer aided software).

  • Inspects construction materials and supervises work of contractors to ensure compliance with specifications and arranges remedial work as necessary.

  • Sets out construction site, supervises excavations and marks out position of building work to be undertaken.

  • Performs calculations and collects, records and interprets data.

  • Sets up apparatus and equipment and undertakes field and laboratory tests of soil and work materials.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Civil Engineering

  • AutoCAD

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D

  • Highway Maintenance

  • Project Management

  • Computer-Aided Design

  • Construction

  • Autodesk Revit

  • Engineering Design Process

  • Building Information Modeling

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Detail Oriented

  • Problem Solving

  • English Language

  • Mathematics

  • Customer Service

  • Operations

  • Enthusiasm

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Civil Engineering

Bristol, University of the West of England

BEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Bristol · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Engineering (General Engineering)

South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College)

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Kingston upon Thames · 09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Civil Engineering (Industrial)

University of Leeds

BEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time with year in industry · Leeds · 24/09/2025

Tariff points: 136/160

Civil Engineering

University of Bolton

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bolton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/104

Civil Engineering

University of Huddersfield

MEng · 5 Years · Sandwich · Huddersfield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 128/136

Integrated Engineering (BEng)

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE)

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hereford · 01/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/144

Civil Engineering

Edinburgh Napier University

MEng (Hon) · 5 Years · Full-time · Edinburgh · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Civil Engineering

Birmingham City University

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Civil Engineering

University of Greenwich

BEng (Hon) · 6 Years · Part-time · Chatham · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Civil Engineering

University of East London

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Engineering (Civil)

Durham University

MEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time · Durham · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Global Design Engineering

The Engineering & Design Institute London

MEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Full-time · London · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

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