土木工程技术人员获取现场数据，并准备与角度，高程，方位角，等高线和土方工程有关的图纸和地图。他们使用电子全站仪，水平仪，全球定位测量（GPS）和其他仪器。他们计划，设计和执行公路，铁路，桥梁，建筑物，飞机场，细分和其他设施建设所必需的建设立项任务。他们还对各种施工作业执行测试和检查任务，以确保符合规范。才能和兴趣：要求学生轻松学习和应用理论原理和技术知识，准确地进行数学计算，从勘测数据或草图中可视化形状和形式，长时间专注于细节以避免错误，并在规划工作中运用判断力和处理问题。学生应该喜欢科学技术性质的工作，
The Civil Engineering Technology program is operated by the College of Technology, Idaho State University. The program works in cooperation with the Idaho Career & Technical Education and is approved by the State Board of Education. Graduates of the Civil Engineering Technology program will be able to: 1. Obtain gainful employment as professional Surveying Technicians, Drafters, Designers, Laboratory or Field-Testing Technicians in a Civil Engineering or Public Works related field. 2. Perform land and construction surveying tasks using current surveying instruments and technologies and computer-aided drafting systems for various land and construction surveying projects. 3. Perform testing and inspection of construction materials and operations in both the laboratory and the field to evaluate compliance with project plans and specifications. <br><br>Graduates of the Civil Engineering Technology program will have the following learned capabilities - 1. An ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve well-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline, 2. An ability to design solutions for well-defined technical problems and assist with the engineering design of systems, components, or processes appropriate to the discipline, 3. An ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in well-defined technical and non-technical environments, and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.