Saturday 30 January 2016

Global Test Scores Posted by Structural Engineers

Structural Engineers from across the world have submitted a wide variety of KS test scores, in recent years. Let’s take a more detailed look at the people behind the headline stats.

We capture some interesting user demographic data at the start of each test session. This includes the following questions:

- Primary Industry/Discipline
- Primary Role
- Country & State
- Self rating
- How many years have you used this tool?
- Where did you learn to use this tool?
- How often do you use this tool? (Daily, weekly, occasional)
- How did you learn to use this tool? (On the job, Formal training, College)


The top 2 tests completed by Structural Engineers are, in order (by volume):

Revit Structure
AutoCAD


The results data comes from a wide range of countries and territories, primarily, US, Canada, UK, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, HK and Middle East regions.

Here are the overall results:

Revit Structure

Avg score/time for:

Regular users = 71.1% in 4201 secs
Part-time users = 67.2% in 3871 secs
1 to 5 years = 66.7% in 4110 secs
6 to 10 years = 69.9% in 3489 secs
11 to 15 years = 67.1% in 3892 secs
On the job learning = 69.1% in 4287 secs
Formal learning = 64.3% in 3956 secs

The average Revit Structure self-rating score for Structural Engineers is: 3.7.


AutoCAD

Avg score/time for:

Regular users = 56.7% in 4756 secs
Part-time users = 54.9% in 5064 secs
1 to 5 years = 51.3% in 4536 secs
6 to 10 years = 56.3% in 4201 secs
11 to 15 years = 56.7% in 5337 secs
On the job learning = 54.8% in 4466 secs
Formal learning = 52.1% in 4215 secs

The average AutoCAD self-rating score for Structural Engineers is: 3.3.


Trends:

Overall, regular users are more accurate and faster than part-time users.

Structural Engineers with 6 to 10 years' of experience with these tools are the most efficient. They reach a plateau in performance after c. 7 years and make no further productivity gains.

Structural Engineers who learn to apply these tools on projects are more accurate than those who have primarily formal training, but less practical experience. Formally trained users are faster overall than self-taught users.

Structural Engineers are generally confident in their ability to use technical software tools on Construction projects, although overall, there is still room for further improvement in their core skills.

Structural Engineers are more confident and more accurate using modeling software than drafting software.

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