Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Job description
These individuals provide support and technical services to Scientists or Engineers. They work in various fields (structural engineering, construction, transportation, environment, etc.). They work for:
- Consulting engineering firms
- Construction companies
- Public works and transportation services
- Government services
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
Main tasks
- Develop sketches, specifications, drawings, and plans.
- Estimate project costs and determine the materials required.
- Establish work schedules.
- Draft reports.
- Supervise or direct surveys, inspections, and studies of topography, water flow, roads, and structures.
- Inspect and experiment with building materials.
- Monitor, control, and inspect construction projects.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility between these positions and those of Survey Technologists and Technicians, Construction Inspectors, and Construction Estimators.
- Experience leads to supervisory and management positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $21.00
- Median
- $33.65
- Maximum
- $50.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 19.4% Female
- 80.6% Male
- 19.4% Female
- 80.6% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 5413, 541432% of jobs
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NAICS 9120% of jobs
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NAICS 2319% of jobs
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NAICS 227% of jobs
-
NAICS 413% of jobs
-
Others19% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 5413, 541432% of jobs
-
NAICS 9120% of jobs
-
NAICS 2319% of jobs
-
NAICS 227% of jobs
-
NAICS 413% of jobs
-
Others19% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in architectural Technology
Placement rate: 59.1%
38.7% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in civil Engineering Technology
Placement rate: 48.5%
48.9% of graduates pursue further studies
DCS in techniques d'aménagement et d'urbanisme
Placement rate: 75%
25% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec (OTPQ [Quebec Order of Professional Technologists]) to use the title of Professional Technologist. Civil Engineering Technicians can practise the profession without being a member of the OTPQ.
- Designation as a Professional Technologist, Geologist, or Engineer to work in the field of wastewater for residences in remote areas.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Critical thought
- Active listening
- Reading comprehension
- Mathematics
- Oral expression
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Technological design
- Coordination
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Mathematical reasoning
- Near vision
- Awareness of issues
- Verbal skills
- Written expression
- Visualization
- Basic numeracy
- Speech clarity
- Distance vision
- Inductive reasoning
- Information organization
- Speech recognition
- Classification
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Idea generation
- Information processing speed
- Originality
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Focussed on results
- Capacity to work in a team
- Capacity to delegate
- Respect standards and regulations
- Creativity
- Desire to upgrade one’s competencies
- Knowledge of engineering and technology
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of buildings and construction
Interests
- Work with numbers
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Make technical plans and drawings
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 22300
Civil engineering technologists and technicians
Job titles
- Urban planning technician
- Civil engineering technician
- Construction engineering technician
- Structural design technologist
- Civil engineering technologist
- Municipal engineering assistant
- Structural investigator
- Construction requirements writer
- Architectural and engineering technologists and technicians supervisor
- Environmental technician
- Railway technician
- Traffic technician - civil engineering
- Construction technician
- Measures technician
- Air pollution field technician
- Water distribution systems technician
- Highway technician
- Concrete technician
- Highway traffic technician
- Bridge design technician
- Construction technician - civil engineering
- Solid waste disposal technician
- Materials testing technician
- Highway construction materials testing technician
- Agricultural engineering technician
- Structural engineering technician
- Building materials technician
- Corrosion technician
- Noise abatement technician
- Land use technician
- Civil engineering design technologist
- Traffic technologist
- Civil engineering studies technologist
- Soil technologist - civil engineering
- Soil testing technologist - civil engineering
- Construction technologist
- Materials testing technologist
- Foundation technologist
- Corrosion technologist
- Soil testing technologist
Skill type
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
Last update: January 29, 2026