Will “Draftsperson” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
Unknown Chance of Automation
Sadly, the research paper did not provide any information about this occupation. Maybe have a look at our directory?
Job Description
Prepare drawings and topographical and relief maps used in civil engineering projects, such as highways, bridges, pipelines, flood control projects, and water and sewerage control systems.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3011.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Civil Drafters”.
Also Known As…
- Civil Drafters
- Draftsman
- Drafting Technician
- Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Drafter (CADD Drafter)
- Computer-Aided Design Technician (CAD Technician)
- Computer-Aided Design Operator (CAD Operator)
- Computer-Aided Design Designer (CAD Designer)
- Civil Drafter
- Civil CAD Tech (Civil Computer-Aided Design Technician)
- Civil CAD Designer (Civil Computer Aided Design Designer)
- Truss Designer
- Structural Designer
- Steel Detailer
- Plumbing Designer
- Geophysical Drafter
- Geological Drafter
- Draftsperson
- Directional Survey Drafter
- Design Draftsman
- Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Operator (CADD Operator)
- Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Draftsman (CADD Draftsman)
- Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Designer (CADD Designer)
- Computer-Aided Design Drafter (CAD Drafter)
- Computer Aided Drafter
- Civil Technician
- Civil Draftsman
- Civil Drafting Technician
- Civil Designer
- Civil Design Technician
- Civil Design Specialist
- Civil CADD Technician (Civil Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Technician)
- CAD Draftsman (Computer-Aided Design Draftsman)
Tasks for “Draftsperson”
- Plot characteristics of boreholes for oil and gas wells from photographic subsurface survey recordings and other data, representing depth, degree and direction of inclination.
- Finish and duplicate drawings and documentation packages according to required mediums and specifications for reproduction, using blueprinting, photography, or other duplicating methods.
- Calculate weights, volumes, and stress factors and their implications for technical aspects of designs.
- Explain drawings to production or construction teams and provide adjustments as necessary.
- Draft plans and detailed drawings for structures, installations, and construction projects, such as highways, sewage disposal systems, and dikes, working from sketches or notes.
- Correlate, interpret, and modify data obtained from topographical surveys, well logs, and geophysical prospecting reports.
- Determine the order of work and method of presentation, such as orthographic or isometric drawing.
- Locate and identify symbols on topographical surveys to denote geological and geophysical formations or oil field installations.
- Determine quality, cost, strength, and quantity of required materials, and enter figures on materials lists.
- Review rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data received from civil engineers to ensure that they conform to design concepts.
- Produce drawings, using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD) or drafting machines, or by hand, using compasses, dividers, protractors, triangles and other drafting devices.
- Supervise and train other technologists, technicians and drafters.
- Draw maps, diagrams, and profiles, using cross-sections and surveys, to represent elevations, topographical contours, subsurface formations and structures.
- Supervise or conduct field surveys, inspections, or technical investigations to obtain data required to revise construction drawings.
- Calculate excavation tonnage and prepare graphs and fill-hauling diagrams for use in earth-moving operations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Handheld calculators
- Graphics tablets
- T-squares
- Protractors
- Wide-format document scanners
- Triangles
- Sonic digitizers
- Estimating keypads
- Flexible curves
- Architects' scales
- Plotters
- Compasses
- Three-dimensional laser digitizers
- Electronic scales
- Computer aided design CAD multi-unit display graphics cards
- Notebook computers
- Print servers
- French curves
- Desktop computers
- Backlit digitizers
- Large-format digitizers
- Non uniform rational b-splines NURBS software
- Bentley GeoPak Bridge
- Boundary survey software
- Intergraph Image Analyst
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Landscape modeling software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Word
- Autodesk Softdesk
- Animation software
- McNeel Rhino software
- Piping and instrumentation design PID software
- Microsoft Office
- ESRI ArcView
- Bentley WaterCAD
- SpecsInTact
- Motion graphics software
- Creo Parametric Pro/ENGINEER
- Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Three-dimensional modeling software
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Graphic presentation software
- Bentley Systems InRoads Suite
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Topographic map software
- Bentley Microstation
- Scanning software
- Microsoft Project
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Autodesk Revit
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Access
- Bill of materials software
- ENERCALC FastFrame
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ARCOM Masterspec
- Extensible markup language XML
- Specification software
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Adobe Systems Adobe LiveMotion
- Microsoft Excel