| No matter how bad the economy gets, there is | | | | buildings, and houses. From sketches, the drafter |
| always a need for drafters. Drafters are the ones | | | | builds sets of plans that include floor plans, |
| who create technical construction drawings from | | | | exterior elevations, foundation or basement plans, |
| information given to them by professionals like | | | | and sectional details. |
| architects, engineers, designers, and surveyors. | | | | Engineering and Civil: |
| Drafters create drawings and plans on a drafting | | | | These drafters prepare drawings for roadways, |
| board or Computer Aided Drafting and Design | | | | structural drawings for large commercial buildings, |
| program. These drawings are then used by | | | | topographical surveys, steel fabrication drawings, |
| craftsmen to build various projects or products. | | | | etc. |
| A drafting board is a piece of furniture that has a | | | | Survey: |
| flat top and can be set at different angles so the | | | | Survey drafters work for surveyors laying out |
| drafter can reach the entire piece of paper to | | | | land boundaries, topography, building and structure |
| draw. | | | | locations, etc. A licensed surveyor will "shoot" |
| A CAD or Computer Aided Drafting and Design | | | | angular and vertical data of a piece of property |
| program is basically a drafting board in a | | | | that is then compiled and interpreted into a map |
| computer program. | | | | of a piece of real estate by the drafter. |
| There are multiple needs for drafters in various | | | | Industrial: |
| fields. Below are a few of the fields drafters are | | | | These drafters are used in manufacturing plant |
| need in: | | | | layout, product illustration and cut sheet drawings, |
| Architecture: | | | | assembly drawings, etc. |
| Architectural drafters prepare drawings of | | | | |