career perspectives:
Drafting is a career unto itself, and many find employment in the fields of architecture, civil engineering, electronics, or product design direclty upon completion of their courswork. However, there are numerous paraprofessional fields that utilize or require drafting technology as an aspect of educational preparedness. For example, the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) highlights thirty-seven separate career categories specifically listing technical drawing education:
(1) Administrative Services Manager
(2) Aircraft/Avionics Mechanic
(3) Architects (except landscape and naval)
(4) Architects, Landscape
(5) Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons
(6) Carpenters
(7) Cement Masons, Concrete Finishers, Segmental Pavers, and Terrazzo Workers
(8) Computer Control Programmers and Operators
(9) Construction and Building Inspection
(10) Construction Equipment Operators
(11) Construction Laborers
(12) Construction Managers
(13) Cost Estimator
(14) Designers, Fashion
(15) Designers, Commercial & Industrial
(16) Designers, Interior
(17) Drafters
(18) Drywall Installers
(19) Engineering Technicians
(20) Engineers
(21) Ind. Machinery Mechanics & Maintenance Workers
(22) Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers
(23) Machinist
(24) Maintenance and Repair Workers
(25) Medical, Dental, and Ophthalmic Laboratory Tech.
(26) Millwrights
(27) Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters
(28) Plasterers and Stucco Masons
(29) Roofers
(30) Sheet Metal Workers
(31) Stationary Engineers & Boiler Operators
(32) Structural and Reinforcing Iron and Metal Workers
(33) Surveyors
(34) Tool and Die Makers
(35) Urban and Regional Planners
(36) Welding, Soldering & Brazing Workers
(37) Woodworkers
* Coming Soon: Career-related information pages with detailed links to the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook
occupational outlook:
Our research, based on a educational requirements compiled from the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), suggests that nearly 13-million Americans are presently engaged in occupations relating to, or requiring drafting knowledge or use - roughly 8% of the US civilian workforce. According to projections, between 2006 & 2016, there will be an increase of 1.1-million U.S. positions. (statistics and projections compiled from BLS, August 2008)
Current Technology:
SVCC maintains the latest technology in their drafting program, utilizing state-of-the-art software programs by the world’s leading supplier,
Autodesk®, all of which are available for student use under special licensing agreements through the Autodesk Student Engineering & Design Community
The types of CADD programs utilized within typical coursework as are follows:
Autodesk® AutoCAD®
Autodesk® AutoCAD® Architecture
Autodesk® Inventor®
