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Skills and credentials that raise your pay

• Professional engineer license

  The one that matters. Civil: Geotechnical is the matching exam paper.

• Numerical modeling

  Finite element and limit equilibrium software for slopes, walls and settlement.

• Earthquake engineering

  Liquefaction and seismic site response. Essential in California and the Pacific Northwest.

• Ground improvement

  Stone columns, grouting, soil mixing. Specialist contractors pay well for it.

• Drilling and field supervision

  Being the person who can run a site investigation properly makes you useful from year one.