Civil engineering is a diverse field that requires specialized education and training to master various sub-disciplines. Aspiring civil engineers typically need to pursue further education at a college or university, where they can obtain degrees that span numerous areas of expertise such as construction, environmental, structural, and transportation engineering, among others.
The source is civil engineering because this is the foundation to being a structural engineer. I have always enjoyed building things and making things better for everyone. A few of the things I want to learn more about is the different fields there are. I also want to learn where I can work and what job would let me be able to be outside. I also want to know what kind of future the job would have for me and what kind of growth I can gain from it. The sources I will be using are going to be some of the historical information along with education books. I also plan to use web sites like the department of labor statistics to learn more about the foundation job and all the sub-disciplines.
Civil Engineering
Does this career have a high potential to grow in the job market?
Determine the turn over rate for this job as well as the
job satisfaction rate.
Need to gather research on the job market for the United States to support statistics.
Bureau of labor statistics
What type of work is this education applied to?
Need to find out what level this job can work at and if it requires certain training. I.e. working for the federal government or a union.
Need to learn where civil engineers work and what kind of environment they work in.
Department of labor is a good site
What are some of the different jobs or skills you can learn in the career?
Need information on the different levels of experience and what they have in collocation to the title the person has.
The sub-disciplines of each engineer once learned
they are finished with the education they can then
work in the new field.
Need information on all different positions someone can hold as a civil engineer.
The different job or specialties are called
sub-disciplines.
Here is the job list of sub-disciplines
Materials science and engineering
Coastal engineering
Construction engineering
Earthquake engineering
Environmental engineering
Geo-technical engineering
Water resources engineering
Structural engineering
Surveying
Transportation engineering
Forensic engineering
Municipal or urban engineering
Control engineering
What do you need to do to become specifically trained for different areas of this job?
Dose this career have an apprenticeship like program where you gain skills and education in a specific area or do you go to school to further yourself?
The education is very broad and has many sub disaplins.
If further education is needed where would the person need to go to get this education and how long would it take?
Education is continued at a college or university.
