The National Engineering Technician Diploma (NETD) programmes are designed to create well-rounded technicians with a strong educational foundation and industry-relevant skills and competencies. Graduates who meet the programme matriculation requirements may apply for admission into any of the UTT’s Engineering Bachelor degree programmes. The NETD in Civil Engineering is a practice of Civil Engineering designed to deal, not just with technical issues and efficient design, but all the more with the larger social, economic, and environmental aspects of civil engineering work. The programme has been updated to include such specialist courses and modules as project management, quantity surveying, building information systems management and sustainability. The programme has been designed to not only develop practical knowledge and design skills in graduates, but also ensure articulation to engineering degree programmes.

Programme Credits: 84

San Fernando, John Donaldson Campuses 

• Full-Time: Two (2) years
• Part-Time: Three (3) years

Tobago

• Part-Time Only: Three (3) years 

1. UTT John S. Donaldson Port-of-Spain Campus
2. UTT San Fernando Campus
3. The UTT Campus at MIC-IT's Tobago Technology Centre

Entry Requirements:

• Passes in a minimum of five (5) subjects at CSEC (CXC O’Level) General Proficiency level in Grades I or II and from 1998 Grade III including Mathematics, English Language and any two (2) from the following group:
• Physics; Chemistry; Integrated Science; Technical Drawing; Information Technology OR
• GCE Ordinary Levels with Grades A, B or C, including Mathematics, English Language and any two (2) from the following group:
• Physics; Chemistry; Integrated Science; Technical Drawing; Information Technology

Mature Student Entry:

An applicant who does not satisfy all the stipulated minimum academic or technical qualifications for admission to the programme may be accepted as a Mature Student. He/she would need to possess the critical elements of the stipulated qualification and would be assessed by the UTT Programme Leader as possessing a combination of qualifications and educational or experiential maturity to enable him/her to successfully participate in the programme. 

Graduates from this programme can be employed in the following positions:

• Work Supervisors
• Site/Project Managers
• Clerk of Works
• Engineering Assistants
• Quantity Surveying Technicians
• Civil Engineering Technicians
• Technical Vocational Lecturers