ANZSCO 312212: Civil Engineering Technician

Skill Level: 2 | Assessing Authority: VETASSESS (Group: C) 

Job description

Civil Engineering Technician conducts tests of construction materials, prepares sketches and tabulations, and assists in estimating costs in support of Civil Engineering Professionals and Engineering Technologists. Registration or licensing may be required.

Specialisations:

• Civil Engineering Assistant
• Civil Laboratory Technician
• Geotechnical Laboratory Technician

Job Duties

Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:

• collecting and analysing data, and carrying out computations
• estimating material costs and ensuring finished works are within specifications, regulations and contract provisions
• inspecting civil engineering works, and organising and supervising maintenance and repair work
• conducting field and laboratory tests of construction materials and soils, and collecting data for traffic surveys
• testing and evaluating construction materials
• outlining work programs and reviewing these for accuracy, adequacy and feasibility
• setting up technical instruments used to collect data (geotechnical)
• drilling and taking soil samples and collecting rock samples (geotechnical)
• reviewing aerial photographs (geotechnical)
• taking measurements, making calculations and writing detailed notes (geotechnical)

Employment information

In order to be considered as a Civil Engineering Technician, the position must be supporting Civil Engineering Professionals and Engineering Technologists in construction materials testing, preparation of sketches and tabulations, as well as planning, designing and overseeing the construction and maintenance of buildings, roads and other infrastructure civil engineering projects. They may assist with estimating costs, preparing timetables and planning the specifications for materials needed for projects.

Qualification

Skills Assessment of the qualification involves assessment of both the qualification level and content. Qualifications are assessed according to the guidelines published by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.

This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher, and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.

Highly relevant major fields of study include:

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• Civil Engineering
• Engineering Drafting – Civil Design

Skills Assessment Criteria:

Please note in order to achieve a successful skills assessment outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required. Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in four different ways.

• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with a highly relevant field of study and
• at least one year of post qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years;

OR

• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with an additional qualification at least AQF Certificate IV in a highly relevant field of study and
• at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years;

OR

• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level without a highly relevant field of study and
• at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years;

OR Pre-qualification

• if all of your employment is before your qualification assessed at the AQF diploma level
• three years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years.

Source from: vetassess.com.au

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