Drafters

Individuals who prepare technical drawings and plans used by production and construction workers to build everything from manufactured products such as toys, toasters, industrial machinery and spacecraft, to structures such as houses, office buildings and oil and gas pipelines. Their drawings provide visual guidelines, show the technical details of the products and structures and specify dimensions, materials and procedures. Included are aeronautical drafters who prepare drawings used in the manufacture of aircraft, missiles and related parts; architectural drafters who draw architectural and structural features of buildings and other structures; civil drafters who prepare drawings and topographical and relief maps used in construction or civil engineering projects such as highways, bridges, pipelines, flood control projects and water and sewage systems; electrical drafters who prepare wiring and layout diagrams used by workers who erect, install, and repair electrical equipment and wiring in communication centers, power plants, electrical distribution systems and buildings; electronics drafters who draw wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, schematics and layout drawings used in the manufacture, installation and repair of electronic devices and components; mechanical drafters who prepare detail and assembly drawings of a wide variety of machinery and mechanical devices; and process piping or pipeline drafters who prepare drawings used in the layout, construction, and operation of oil and gas fields, refineries, chemical plants and process piping systems.