Roading Engineer

Useful school subjects:

Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics

Mataaro Huarahi

Marcos Santana watching a cable joiner laying traffic-light foundations.

Roading engineers inspect roading projects on site

Roading engineers design, plan and supervise the building and repair of structures such as roads, motorways, car parks, pavements, tunnels, freight terminals and traffic islands. Roading engineers may also research driver behaviour and road safety.

He whakamārama

Ko ta te mataaro huarahi mahi ko te hoahoa, te whakatakoto mahere hoki, me te whakarite i te hanga me te whakatika i nga hanganga pera i nga huarahi, huarahi matua, papa waka, ara hikoi, ana, tauranga utauta, me nga motuara hoki. Ka rangahau hoki nga Mataaro Huarahi i nga whanonga o nga kaitaraiwa me te arai hauata ki te huarahi.

Entry Requirements

To become a roading engineer you need a Bachelor of Engineering.

Meet people in this job

Craig McNeilly.

Craig McNeilly's work as a roading engineer has taken him on a tour of the Pacific region, including four months paving a runway in Niue.

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Pay

Industry sources indicate that the average gross salary for roading engineers in 2008 was about $73,900, with the highest-paid 25% earning about $80,000, while the lowest-paid 25% earned an average

 

 

Job Outlook

Many employers offer roading engineering work to engineering students before they finish their qualifications.

Skill shortage information

There is a long term skill shortage for this job.

Source: Department of Immigration, Skills Shortages
 

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