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Job Title:

Civil Engineer

Related Job Title:

Structural Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Transportation Engineer

Job Description:

Civil engineers design and supervise the construction of roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges and water supply and sewage systems.

Many civil engineers hold supervisory or administrative positions from supervisor of a construction site to city engineer. Others may work in design, construction, research, and teaching.

Often civil engineers work in consulting services developing designs for new construction. Others work for some form of government or industry. Some of there work requires them to be at construction sites. Sometimes travel is required.

Areas of Expertise:

Airport Development, Environmental Compliance, Construction, and Runway design

Interest and Abilities:

Do you like math and science?
Are you interested in Environmental or ecology classes?
Do you like to travel?
Are you interested in aviation?
Do you like to make things more organized?

Suggested subjects to study in school:

Science
Math
Design
Physics
Ecology

Education and Training Needed:

College degrees: Civil engineering, Transportation Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.
Masters Degree is helpful.

You might want to further explore this career by checking out the web sites given below:

What can I do right now?
Learn about aviation.
Learn about roads and runaways.
Visit construction sites.
Draw a plan for an airport.
Think about airports that you've visited how are they the same? How are they different?

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