Electronic Drafters
Also called:
Designer, Printed Circuit Board Designer (PCB Designer), CAD Designer (Computer Aided Design Designer), Drafter
What they do:
Draw wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, schematics, and layout drawings used for manufacture, installation, and repair of electronic equipment.
On the job, you would:
- Consult with engineers to discuss and interpret design concepts, and determine requirements of detailed working drawings.
- Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, and tolerances.
- Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry and printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices.
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Arts and Humanities
Business
|
|
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
|
|
Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- group things in different ways
|
People interested in this work like activities that include
data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Persistence
- Integrity
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Independence
|
|
You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Bowen & Groves M1 ERP
- Made2Manage Systems M2M ERP
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Pro-E CAD software
Data base user interface and query software
- Design specification database software
- Microsoft Access
|
associate's degree or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
|
|
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$54,470
per year, on average
|
|
You might like a career in one of these industries:
|
