// Unit group · 3118

Draughtspersons

Draughtspersons prepare technical drawings, maps and illustrations from sketches, measurements and other data, and copy final drawings and paintings onto printing plates.

3 Technicians and Associate Professionals / 31 Science and Engineering Associate Professionals / 311 Physical and Engineering Science Technicians / All level 4

// Working conditions

Sitting and standing

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

preparing and revising working drawings from sketches and specifications prepared by engineers and designers for the manufacture, installation and erection of machinery and equipment or for the construction, modification, maintenance and repair of buildings, dams, bridges, roads and other architectural and civil engineering projects

operating computer-aided design and drafting equipment to create, modify and generate hard-copy and digital representations of working drawings

operating digitizing table or similar equipment to transfer hard-copy representation of working drawings, maps and other curves to digital form

preparing and revising illustrations for reference works, brochures and technical manuals dealing with the assembly, installation, operation, maintenance and repair of machinery and other equipment and goods

copying drawings and paintings onto stone or metal plates for printing

preparing wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams and layout drawings used for manufacture, installation and repair of electrical equipment in factories, power plants, and buildings

creating detailed working diagrams of machinery and mechanical devices, including dimensions, fastening methods and other engineering information

arranging for completed drawings to be reproduced for use as working drawings.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Draughtsperson
- Technical illustrator

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Cartographer - 2165
- Surveyor - 2165

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