Civil design technician vs civil technician

The differences between civil design technicians and civil technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 8-10 years to become both a civil design technician and a civil technician. Additionally, a civil technician has an average salary of $55,480, which is higher than the $52,407 average annual salary of a civil design technician.

The top three skills for a civil design technician include civil 3d, cad standards and site development. The most important skills for a civil technician are hand tools, RF, and GPS.

Civil design technician vs civil technician overview

	Civil Design Technician	Civil Technician
Yearly salary	$52,407	$55,480
Hourly rate	$25.20	$26.67
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	52,802	14,681
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 67%	Associate Degree, 35%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	10	10

Civil design technician vs civil technician salary

Civil design technicians and civil technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Civil Design Technician	Civil Technician
Average salary	$52,407	$55,480
Salary range	Between $37,000 And $72,000	Between $40,000 And $75,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between civil design technician and civil technician education

There are a few differences between a civil design technician and a civil technician in terms of educational background:

	Civil Design Technician	Civil Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 67%	Associate Degree, 35%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Drafting And Design
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	San Diego State University

Civil design technician vs civil technician demographics

Here are the differences between civil design technicians' and civil technicians' demographics:

	Civil Design Technician	Civil Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 81.0% Female, 19.0%	Male, 85.5% Female, 14.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 7.5% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 7.5% White, 60.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between civil design technician and civil technician duties and responsibilities

Civil design technician example responsibilities.

Manage the life cycle of the product using PLM from creation to the top of production sample.
Generate ergonomic designs using SolidWorks software
Develop telecommunications, audio-visual, and security system layouts according to contract specifications using AutoCAD and Revit.
Analyze engineering change orders for drawings, BOM's and documents.
Perform construction inspections, field testing, surveying, engineering calculations, quantity take-offs and various administrative functions.

Civil technician example responsibilities.

Operate MDTs and GPS units.
Test asphalt for nuclear density.
Install all RF equipment as needed on site.
Review RFDS and other RF engineering documents to determine construct-ability and develop SOW/OOM/BOM.
Survey by using GPS and total station systems to get elevations and layouts for projects.
Convert old rasterize substation drawings back into scalable vector format with various AutoDesk programs.

Civil design technician vs civil technician skills

Common civil design technician skills

Civil 3D, 31%
CAD Standards, 8%
Site Development, 6%
GIS, 5%
Survey Data, 5%
Construction Drawings, 5%

Common civil technician skills

Hand Tools, 38%
RF, 20%
GPS, 10%
Data Collection, 10%
Civil Engineering, 6%
DOT, 4%

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