Start Term
Program Options
Degree, Certificate or Diploma
Locations
Program Information
The Civil Engineering Technician program of study prepares students for a career as a technician working under the supervision of an engineer, contractor, or architect. Students learn skills in drafting, computer-aided design (CAD), construction inspection, soil hydrology, GIS/GPS, and surveying techniques. Graduates of this program are awarded a diploma.
New program pending state and regional accreditation approval
Job Outlook
Job outlook:
240 Jobs (2020)
+5.0% Change (2020-2025)
What will you do
Civil engineering technicians help civil engineers to plan, design, and build highways, bridges, and other infrastructure projects for commercial, industrial, residential, and land development projects. Civil engineering technicians help civil engineers to plan, design, and build highways, bridges, and other infrastructure projects for commercial, industrial, residential, and land development projects.
Wages
- Entry: $16.61
- Average: $26.35
- Experienced: $35.19
Career Coach - find a job with this degree
First Semester
MAT 743 - Technical Math
CAD 139 - Introduction to CAD/CAM
EGT 155 - Engineering Drawing Practices
CON 325 - Estimating
CET 160 - Surveying
Second Semester
CON 119 - Construction Materials and Inspection
CET 240 - Soils and Erosion Control
CET 233 - Fundamentals of GPS and GIS
CET 208 - Technical Drafting and CAD
Total Program Hours: 27.0
Program Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of the program students will:
Upon the successful completion of the program students will:
- Prepare civil construction drawings utilizing computer-aided design (CAD) software.
- Produce construction, legal and topographic surveys.
- Calculate material quantities and final cost estimates in project-based examples.
- Demonstrate material testing reports on soils and concrete.
- Describe design criteria for road design.
- Utilize hydrology design skills in CAD programming.
- Work as an effective member of a professional team on projects.