Civil Engineers work in the design, construction and maintenance of the natural and physically built environment. With WelTec’s Major in Civil Engineering you can specialise in water and waste. This area deals with water treatment, water supply, drainage and waste water. Other specialisations such as structural, geotechnical, roading and transportation, and environment can be started at WelTec and completed at another Metro Polytechnic. You will also have the opportunity to select your electives during Year 1. During Year 2 of the degree you will continue to build on your specific selected major and develop further in your specialist strand. The third year of the degree incorporates a significant industry-based development project, giving you real-world experience within the civil engineering profession.

You may find employment as an engineering technologist. Career options include work in the fields of environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, geophysics, structural engineering, transportation engineering, earth science, atmospheric sciences, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, coastal engineering surveying and construction engineering. Career options Engineer Surveyor Draughtsperson Environmental Engineer Civil Engineer Electrical Engineer Mechanical Engineer