Construction technician vs civil technician

The differences between construction 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 construction technician and a civil technician. Additionally, a civil technician has an average salary of $55,480, which is higher than the $40,475 average annual salary of a construction technician.

The top three skills for a construction technician include asphalt, OSHA and customer service. The most important skills for a civil technician are hand tools, RF, and GPS.

Construction technician vs civil technician overview

	Construction Technician	Civil Technician
Yearly salary	$40,475	$55,480
Hourly rate	$19.46	$26.67
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	77,319	14,681
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 35%	Associate Degree, 35%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	10	10

Construction technician vs civil technician salary

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

	Construction Technician	Civil Technician
Average salary	$40,475	$55,480
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $57,000	Between $40,000 And $75,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	-
Highest paying state	New Jersey	-
Best paying company	SoCalGas	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between construction technician and civil technician education

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

	Construction Technician	Civil Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 35%	Associate Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Drafting And Design
Most common college	Wentworth Institute of Technology	San Diego State University

Construction technician vs civil technician demographics

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

	Construction Technician	Civil Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 91.4% Female, 8.6%	Male, 85.5% Female, 14.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 7.4% White, 60.4% 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 construction technician and civil technician duties and responsibilities

Construction technician example responsibilities.

Help manage the housing development; keeping it clean, in compliance with OSHA laws, and state safety laws.
Manage and decide all remodel activities.
Drill and blast into earth and rock, also levele concrete using trowels and shovels.
Used chipping hammers/ jack hammers.
Set ladders, scaffolds and hoist in place for taking supplies to roof.
Follow all state and OSHA safety requirements to implement good safety conditions at work site.

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.

Construction technician vs civil technician skills

Common construction technician skills

Asphalt, 12%
OSHA, 7%
Customer Service, 5%
Hand Tools, 5%
Construction Projects, 5%
Construction Materials, 4%

Common civil technician skills

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

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