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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
- Draftsperson
- 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
- 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”
- Explain drawings to production or construction teams and provide adjustments as necessary.
- Determine the order of work and method of presentation, such as orthographic or isometric drawing.
- Produce drawings, using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD) or drafting machines, or by hand, using compasses, dividers, protractors, triangles and other drafting devices.
- Plot characteristics of boreholes for oil and gas wells from photographic subsurface survey recordings and other data, representing depth, degree and direction of inclination.
- Review rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data received from civil engineers to ensure that they conform to design concepts.
- Calculate excavation tonnage and prepare graphs and fill-hauling diagrams for use in earth-moving operations.
- Locate and identify symbols on topographical surveys to denote geological and geophysical formations or oil field installations.
- Finish and duplicate drawings and documentation packages according to required mediums and specifications for reproduction, using blueprinting, photography, or other duplicating methods.
- Correlate, interpret, and modify data obtained from topographical surveys, well logs, and geophysical prospecting reports.
- Calculate weights, volumes, and stress factors and their implications for technical aspects of designs.
- 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.
- Determine quality, cost, strength, and quantity of required materials, and enter figures on materials lists.
- Supervise or conduct field surveys, inspections, or technical investigations to obtain data required to revise construction drawings.
- Draft plans and detailed drawings for structures, installations, and construction projects, such as highways, sewage disposal systems, and dikes, working from sketches or notes.
Related Technology & Tools
- Backlit digitizers
- Plotters
- Graphics tablets
- Handheld calculators
- Electronic scales
- Large-format digitizers
- Sonic digitizers
- Notebook computers
- Print servers
- T-squares
- Flexible curves
- Estimating keypads
- Three-dimensional laser digitizers
- Desktop computers
- Wide-format document scanners
- Computer aided design CAD multi-unit display graphics cards
- French curves
- Compasses
- Triangles
- Protractors
- Architects' scales
- Extensible markup language XML
- Animation software
- Autodesk Revit
- Motion graphics software
- Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
- Microsoft Visio
- Autodesk Softdesk
- McNeel Rhino software
- Bentley GeoPak Bridge
- Bill of materials software
- Specification software
- Graphic presentation software
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Microsoft Excel
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- ESRI ArcView
- Bentley Microstation
- Intergraph Image Analyst
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Project
- ARCOM Masterspec
- Boundary survey software
- SpecsInTact
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Systems Adobe LiveMotion
- Non uniform rational b-splines NURBS software
- Piping and instrumentation design PID software
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Bentley Systems InRoads Suite
- ENERCALC FastFrame
- Autodesk Land Desktop
- Topographic map software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Landscape modeling software
- Microsoft Office
- Scanning software
- Bentley WaterCAD
- Three-dimensional modeling software
- Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
- Creo Parametric Pro/ENGINEER