Career path
Civil Engineer
Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.
What this work leans on
PRISM reads 29 signals about how a person thinks, decides and works. These are the ones this path draws on most.
- Realistic InterestsCentral
Your interest in hands-on, practical work with tools, machines, or physical materials.
- Investigative InterestsCentral
Your interest in analyzing, researching, and understanding how things work.
- IndependenceCentral
How much you value autonomy, self-direction, and freedom from close supervision.
- SupportCentral
How much you value supportive management and clear company policies.
- Working ConditionsImportant
How much you value variety, security, and the material conditions of work (compensation, environment).
- Numerical ReasoningImportant
How you handle quantitative information: ratios, percentages, simple inferences from data.
All 6 signals above are measured directly in the assessment. See the full method
The basics
- Field
- Technology & engineering
- Job titles you'll see
- Civil Engineers
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