About this program

  • Credential Awarded: 2 Year Diploma
  • Campus: Welland
  • Code: 0760 P0760
  • Delivery Length: 2 Years
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Overview

Are you fascinated by the scope of infrastructure development and envision a career where you can help design and build your community?

As a Civil Engineering Technician, you play an important role in the design and construction of buildings, bridges, highways, dams, drainage and irrigation systems, streets, parks, subdivisions, and water supply and sewer systems.

Highlights
  • Gain broad knowledge and hands-on, experiential learning in computer-aided drafting applications, lab testing, structural design, geotechnical analysis, project management, and more.

  • Graduates are eligible to write the house component of the Ontario Building Code exam.

  • Immediate associate member status, upon application, with the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) post-graduation.

  • Program is nationally accredited by Technology Accreditation Canada.

  • Graduates choose between workforce entry or progression into NC’s Construction Engineering Technology program.

Career Opportunities
  • Computer-aided design (CAD/Civil3D) operator
  • Field inspector
  • Junior estimator
  • Materials and testing technician
  • Municipal engineering technician
  • Project coordinator
  • Site engineering technician
  • Surveying assistant
  • Technical sales representative
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Courses

Note: Students are required to complete a two week survey camp (CIVL1228) at the end of Winter term two.

Term one (2024 Fall)
Code Course Name Credits
CAPT1432 Computer Applications 3
CAPT1434 CAD I 3
CIVL1130 Construction Estimating I 4
COMM1120 Introduction to Writing and Communicating in the Workplace 3
DRFT1126 Architectural Drafting 4
MATH1134 Mathematics I for the School of Technology Studies 4
STDV1110 The Effective Learner 3
Term two (2025 Winter)
Code Course Name Credits
CIVL1198 Principles of Construction Surveying 2
CIVL1223 Civil Estimating 4
CIVL1232 Statics 4
CIVL1256 Materials I 4
COMM1430 Technical Communications 3
DRFT1176 Civil CAD Drafting 4
MATH1235 Statistics 3
CIVL1228 Construction Surveying Field Practices 5
Term three (2025 Fall)
Code Course Name Credits
CIVL1127 Ontario Building Code - Small Buildings 2
CIVL1356 Materials II 3
CIVL1421 Strength of Materials 3
CIVL1450 Municipal Design 3
CIVL1528 Advanced Construction Surveying 3
CIVL1530 Project Management I 4
Elective Information

Completion of additional General Education elective 1 course required

Term four (2026 Winter)
Code Course Name Credits
CIVL1290 Construction Inspection 3
CIVL1295 Sustainable Construction 3
CIVL1455 Structural Design 3
CIVL1475 Highway Design 3
CIVL1480 Soil Mechanics and Foundations Design 3
TECH1190 Professional Ethics 3
Program Outcomes Term: 1244
  1. Develop and use strategies to enhance professional growth and ongoing learning in the civil engineering field.

  2. Comply with workplace health and safety practices and procedures in accordance with current legislation and regulations.

  3. Complete duties and assist in monitoring that work is performed in compliance with contractual obligations, applicable laws, standards, bylaws, codes and ethical practices in the civil engineering field.

  4. Carry out sustainable practices* in accordance with contract documents, industry standards and environmental legislative requirements.

  5. Collaborate with the project team and communicate effectively with project stakeholders* to support civil engineering projects*.

  6. Collect, process and interpret technical data to produce written and graphical project-related documents.

  7. Use industry-specific electronic and digital technologies to support civil engineering projects*

  8. Participate in the design and modeling phase of civil engineering projects* by applying engineering concepts, basic technical mathematics* and principles of science to the review and production of project plans.

  9. Assist in the scheduling, cost estimation and monitoring of the progression of civil engineering projects* by applying principles of construction project management.

  10. Perform quality control* testing and the monitoring of equipment, materials and methods involved in the implementation and completion of civil engineering projects*.

  11. Apply teamwork, leadership and interpersonal skills when working individually or within multidisciplinary teams to complete civil engineering projects*.

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Admission Requirements

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
  • English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
  • Mathematics – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
Recommended Courses and/or Skills:

These courses and skills may help you succeed academically in this program, but they are not required for admission.

  • Construction Technology – Grade 11 (C) or Grade 12 (C)
  • Information and Communications Technology – Grade 11 (O)
  • Physics – Grade 11 (U) or Grade 12 (C) or (U)
  • Technological Design – Grade 11 (M) or Grade 12 (M)
Selection and Ranking

Applications are evaluated based on the published admission requirements. When the applicant provides proof of meeting the requirements, an offer of admission can be issued, provided space is available in the program.

Learn more about admission decisions.

Program Requirements
Laptop Lease
  • Personally dedicated laptop computers are an integral part of our computer-integrated curriculum. All students are required to lease a high-end laptop computer from the college.
  • By leasing the laptop computer, the student is provided with continuous access to state-of-the-art application software packages that could not be made available through traditional computer laboratories or through student-owned computers.
  • The laptop configurations will include the MS Windows operating system and networking software for connection to the college network system. Application software provided by the college includes Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical and MCL II Robot-Programming, Revit, Civil3D, MathCAD, and WINEST. Several other application programs will be provided by the college as required throughout the program.
  • Students will be required to purchase some additional software.
  • Visit niagaracollege.ca/laptop for more information.
Transportation
  • Students are responsible for their own transportation in order to complete program requirements which may not be readily accessible by public transportation.
  • Program requirements could include co-ops, placements, volunteer requirements, practical labs, field projects, assignments, clinicals, or any other off-campus visits required as part of the program’s curriculum.

All costs associated with program requirements are the responsibility of the student.

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Availability

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