Career spotlight
Building and civil engineering technicians
Average National Salaries (2019)
Age 20
£13,000
Age 35
£25,480
Age 50
£28,600
Average salary in the East Midlands: £21,320
What does this career do?
Building and civil engineering technicians perform a variety of technical support functions to assist civil and building engineers.
Typical tasks
- sets up apparatus and equipment and undertakes field and laboratory tests of soil and work materials
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performs calculations and collects, records and interprets data
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sets out construction site, supervises excavations and marks out position of building work to be undertaken
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inspects construction materials and supervises work of contractors to ensure compliance with specifications and arranges remedial work as necessary.
Current entry requirements
Entrants usually possess a relevant BTEC/SQA award or an Advanced GNVQ/GSVQ Level III. The status of engineering technician is obtained after a period of further training at work and upon gaining the membership of a professional engineering institution.
Percentage in work
Due to insufficient sample sizes, some data was excised.
Predicted employment status in 2022
Part-time
Self Employed
Full-time
Predicted employment levels in the East Midlands
Career related courses available at West Notts
About the statistics
Data is powered by LMI for All and is sourced from labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Institute for Employment Research, the Department for Works and Pensions, and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.