Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians
VET / TAFE Moderate growth · ANZSCO skill level 2 · occupation 3122
Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians assist in civil engineering research, design, construction, operations and maintenance.
How do you get there?
Highest qualification held by people in this job: 25.2% university · 53.3% vet / tafe · 17.3% school / entry (ABS Census via JSA).
Usually studied as Civil Engineering. A selection of providers offering courses in this field (indicative, not ranked):
- University The University of Sydney
- University Monash University (Monash)
- University Adelaide University
- University The University of Newcastle (UoN)
- University University of South Australia (UniSA)
- University Federation University Australia
- University La Trobe University (La Trobe)
- University Griffith University
- TAFE TAFE Queensland
- TAFE Melbourne Polytechnic
- TAFE TAFE SA
- TAFE TasTAFE
- TAFE Central Australian Institute of Technology
- TAFE Oceania Polytechnic Institute of Education
- TAFE Engineering Institute of Technology
- TAFE Waratah Polytechnic
Course & field-of-education data © Commonwealth of Australia (CRICOS), CC BY 2.5 AU. Matched by field of education — indicative; confirm entry requirements with each provider.
Where these jobs are
NSW 31.7% · QLD 24.3% · WA 18% · VIC 12.4% · SA 9.1% · NT 1.9% · TAS 1.4% · ACT 1.2%
Top industries
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services · Construction · Manufacturing.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation profiles (Feb 2026) + Employment Projections (May 2025–2035). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Figures are national estimates.