Civil engineering technician
Design and Technology, Design and Technology and Physics at A level, then a Level 3 apprenticeship straight after school.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, the same level as A levels · 10 standards and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 3 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Design and Technology leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: material selection, health and safety regulations, ergonomics, design for manufacture.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| A level Design and Technology | 1.00 | material selection, health and safety regulations, ergonomics, design for manufacture, physical property |
| GCSE Design and Technology | 0.49 | material selection, design decision, design constraint, material property, emergent technologies |
| GCSE Physics | 0.44 | electrical power, energy transfer, ohm's law, transformer, energy efficiency |
| GCSE Art and Design | 0.28 | annotation, environment, material |
| A level Biology | 0.22 | energy transfer, procedure, energy efficiency |
| A level Physics | 0.19 | energy transfer, ohm's law |
| GCSE Chemistry | 0.17 | climate change, material property, data interpretation, material selection |
| A level Computer Science | 0.11 | protocol, database |
| A level Geography | 0.10 | spatial scale, written argument, representation |
| GCSE Media Studies | 0.05 | representation, social context |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
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Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Design and Technology, Design and Technology and Physics, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
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What the job is
Civil engineering technicians help design and execute construction plans and take on organisational tasks, for example in the planning and monitoring, and in bidding and invoicing of construction work. They also calculate material requirements, and help with the purchasing and organising, and ensure the quality of the construction materials. Civil engineering technicians may perform technical tasks in civil engineering and develop and advise on policy implementing strategies for road works, traffic lights, sewerage and water management systems.
Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.
This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.