Drafting Technology

The drafting technology program is a technical curriculum designed to assist students in acquiring basic skills and knowledge necessary to successfully enter drafting occupations. Skilled Computer-Aided Design (CAD) operators find careers in engineering, architecture, construction, manufacturing, graphical design, and many other fields. A career in drafting is often an entry point into design, engineering, management and other related areas with salary increases based on skill and experience. Drafters make detailed drawings of objects that will be manufactured or built. Examples include architectural drafting of buildings and structures; civil drafting of highways, bridges, pipelines, site plans, and maps; electrical drafting of wiring and layout diagrams; and mechanical drafting of machinery and mechanical devices. 

Drafting technology offers three paths of entry into drafting and design: 1) drafting pathways certificate with 16 hours of coursework, 2) a one-year, drafting technician certificate of completion and 3) a second year of coursework to acquire an AAS degree in Civil Engineering and Surveying Technology. Students that successfully complete a drafting pathways certificate will be proficient in use of AutoCAD and SolidWorks software and be adaptable to other software; producing 2-D and 3-D drawings with CAD software; solids modeling; structural drafting; and college algebra. In addition, the drafting-technician certificate of completion includes courses in: geographical information systems (ArcGIS); introduction to engineering; problem solving with Excel spreadsheets and introduction to computer programming; writing; trigonometry; human relations; and cooperative work experience.

All courses in the drafting program align with the AAS degree in Civil Engineering and Surveying Technology.

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Drafting Technology Pathways Certificate

Required Curriculum

Term One
CIV 112 Computer Aided Drafting I 3
MTH 111 College Algebra 4

Term Two
CIV 113 Computer Aided Drafting II 3

Term Three
CIV 116 Computer Aided Drafting -Structural 3
ENGR 245 Engineering Graphics 3

Total for Pathways Certificate 16

Drafting Technology Certificate

Required Curriculum

Term One
CIV 112 Computer Aided Drafting I 3
ENGR 111 Engineering Orientation I 3
MTH 111 College Algebra 4
WR 121 English Composition 3

Term Two
CIV 113 Computer Aided Drafting II 3
CIV 134 Geographic Information Systems 3
ENGR 112 Engineering Orientation II 3
HR Human Relations List - pg. XX 3
MTH 112 Elementary Functions 4

Term Three
CIV 135 Geographic Information Systems II 3
CIV 114 Computer Aided Drafting -Civil 3
CIV 116 Computer Aided Drafting - Structural 3
CWE 161 CWE Seminar I 1
CIV 280 CWE 3
ENGR 245 **Engineering Graphics 3

Total for One Year Certificate 45

For more information, contact:

Clay Baumgartner
Civil Engineering Instructor
Phone: (541)440-4683
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