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Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Calculate dimensions, square footage, profile and component specifications, and material quantities, using calculator or computer.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Draft detailed dimensional drawings and design layouts for projects to ensure conformance to specifications.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Confer with supervisor to determine project details such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, and evaluation of field conditions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Analyze proposed site factors and design maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Prepare reports and document project activities and data.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Report maintenance problems occurring at project site to supervisor and negotiate changes to resolve system conflicts.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Inspect project site and evaluate contractor work to detect design malfunctions and ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Conduct materials test and analysis, using tools and equipment and applying engineering knowledge.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Develop plans and estimate costs for installation of systems, utilization of facilities, or construction of structures.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss8%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
59%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 67% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 52% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.