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__[|Tasks (duties or tasks)]__ ====**Civil engineers work on building roads, airports, tunnels, buildings, dams, bridges, or water supply and sewage systems**. Additional, **many civil engineers manage people and projects**. Also **they may work in design, construction, researching, and teaching**. Civil engineers usually work in areas where their is a lot of manufacturing and businesses.====

__Level of education (highest level of education needed, if licensure is required, how long will it take)__
 * You need a college degree in engineering in almost all beginning engineering jobs**. All civil engineers need a license from the state to offer services directly to the public. **A license requires 4 years of revelant work experience and needed to pass a exam**. **It will just take 4 years of college.**

__Salary (average entry salary, average peak salary, and if the job comes with benefits)__
 * People with a bachelor's degree in 2009 made an average entry salary of $52,048**. In **May 2008 the average salary was $78,560.** Usually **include payed vacations, sick leave and health insurance. Some employers offers retirement programs and profit sharing**

__Future prospects (the chances of getting this job)__ It is expected that **civil engineering jobs will incease much faster than the average for all occupations through 2018.** More civil engineers will be needed to design and build things as the population grows.

__[|Average hours working (weekdays Mon-Fri)]__
 * The normal workweek for civil engineers are 40 hours a week, with some overtime work required to meet project deadlines**. These working construction projects, for example, often work overtime during busy periods.

__What you need to do in high school__
 * High school students planning to become civil engineers should take college preparatory courses such as chemistry, physics, and english and also shop and drafting classes. They should also take many math courses such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus..**

__What you need to do in college__ A **bachelor of science degree in civil engineering is the minimum requirement for most entry-level positions**. **Some schools have civil engineering curricula that are accredited by the (ABET**). **Employers advise students to acquire practical experience through summer jobs or college work-study programs.** **They also recommend computer science courses because of the reliance on computer technology in the profession**
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