Civil engineer
Civil engineer
Occupation
Names
Civil engineer
Type
profession
Activity sectors designing and building and
management of structures
Description
Competencies
technical knowledge,
management skills,
mathemactics
Average salary US$ 68,600 per year
(median as of May 2006)[1]
Civil engineers Marilyn Reece & Carol
Schumaker, at a Reece-designed freeway in-
terchange, Los Angeles, 1964.
A civil engineer (in English usage) is a
person who practices civil engineering, one
of the many professions of engineering. Ori-
ginally a civil engineer worked on public
works projects and was contrasted with the
military engineer, who worked on armaments
and defenses. Over time, various branches of
engineering have become recognized as dis-
tinct from civil engineering, including chem-
ical engineering, mechanical engineering,
and electrical engineering, while much of
military engineering has been absorbed by
civil engineering. In languages other than
English, a term corresponding to "Civil engin-
eer" refers instead to an engineer with a high
enough academic degree.
In some places, a civil engineer may per-
form land surveying; in others, surveying is
limited to construction surveying, unless an
additional qualification is obtained.
Education and licensure
In most countries, a civil engineer will have
graduated from a post-secondary school with
a degree in civil engineering, which requires
a strong background in mathematics, eco-
nomics and the physical sciences; this degree
is typically a four-year degree, though many
civil engineers study further to obtain a mas-
ters, engineer, doctoral and post doctoral de-
grees. In many countries, civil engineers are
subject to licensure, and often, persons not li-
censed may not call
themselves
"civil
engineers".
Europe
Belgium
In Belgium, Civil Engineer (abbreviated Ir)
(French: Ingénieur Civil, Dutch: Burgerlijk
Ingenieur) is a legally protected title applic-
able to graduates of the five-year engineering
course of one of the six universities and the
Royal Military Academy. Th