2253- Drafting technologists and technicians

Canada NOC: 
2253
Job Title: 

Drafting technologists and technicians

Job Description: 

Drafting technologists and technicians prepare engineering designs, drawings and related technical information, in multidisciplinary engineering teams or in support of engineers, architects or industrial designers, or they may work independently. They are employed by consulting and construction companies, utility, resource and manufacturing companies, all levels of government and by a wide range of other establishments.

Main Duties: 

Drafting technologists and technicians perform some or all of the following duties:


Drafting technologists
Develop and prepare engineering designs and drawings from preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets and other data
Operate computer-assisted design (CAD) and drafting workstations
Develop and prepare design sketches
Complete documentation packages and produce drawing sets
Check and verify design drawings to conform to specifications and design data
Write technical reports
Prepare contracts and tender documents
Prepare construction specifications, costs and material estimates
Supervise and train other technologists, technicians and drafters.
Drafting technicians
Develop and prepare engineering drawings, plans, diagrams or layouts from sketches
Operate computer-assisted drafting equipment or a conventional drafting station.

Employment Requirements: 

Completion of secondary school is usually required.
Completion of a two- to three-year college program in engineering design and drafting technology or in a related field is usually required for drafting and design technologists.
Completion of a one- to two-year college program in drafting
or
Completion of a three- to four-year apprenticeship program
or
Four to five years of related experience plus completion of college or industry courses in drafting are usually required for drafting technicians.
Trade certification for draftspersons is available, but voluntary in Ontario.
Certification in engineering design and drafting technology or in a related field through provincial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians may be required by employers.
A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.

Additional Inormation: 

Mobility is possible to civil, mechanical, electrical or other engineering design technologies through educational or work specialization.
Senior and supervisory drafting and design technology workers require experience

Classified Elsewhere: 

Architectural design technologists (in 2251 Architectural technologists and technicians)
Civil engineering design technologists (in 2231 Civil engineering technologists and technicians)
Electrical and electronics engineering design technologists (in 2241 Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians)
Industrial designers (2252)
Mechanical engineering design technologists (in 2232 Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians)

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Source Of Info: 

National Occupation Classification, (2011)

Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,

February 2012,

Catalogue no. 12-583-X