Mechanical Drafters
Tasks Include:
- Develop detailed design drawings and specifications for mechanical equipment, dies, tools, and controls, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment.
- Coordinate with and consult other workers to design, lay out, or detail components and systems and to resolve design or other problems.
- Review and analyze specifications, sketches, drawings, ideas, and related data to assess factors affecting component designs and the procedures and instructions to be followed.
- Compute mathematical formulas to develop and design detailed specifications for components or machinery, using computer-assisted equipment.
- Position instructions and comments onto drawings.
- Modify and revise designs to correct operating deficiencies or to reduce production problems.
- Design scale or full-size blueprints of specialty items, such as furniture and automobile body or chassis components.
- Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to the materials.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -2.4%
National: -8.5%
Education
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$61,310.00
State
$61,480.00
Regional
Mechanical Drafters
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Prepare detailed working diagrams of machinery and mechanical devices, including dimensions, fastening methods, and other engineering information.
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Mechanical Drafters
Education
Required Level of Education
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 61.28%
- Bachelor's Degree = 20.25%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 7.98%
- Some College Courses = 7.45%
- Master's Degree = 2.80%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. = 0.13%
- Post-Doctoral Training = 0.13%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 23.59%
- Over 10 years = 18.10%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 16.43%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.26%
- None = 9.44%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 6.08%
- Up to and including 1 month = 5.41%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 4.70%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 3.98%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 30.77%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 24.24%
- None = 14.60%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.41%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 6.74%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 2.86%
- Over 10 years = 0.38%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 35.31%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.60%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.52%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.41%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.38%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 4.99%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 2.53%
- Over 10 years = 0.25%
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Mechanical Drafters
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Develop detailed design drawings and specifications for mechanical equipment, dies, tools, and controls, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment.
- Coordinate with and consult other workers to design, lay out, or detail components and systems and to resolve design or other problems.
- Review and analyze specifications, sketches, drawings, ideas, and related data to assess factors affecting component designs and the procedures and instructions to be followed.
- Compute mathematical formulas to develop and design detailed specifications for components or machinery, using computer-assisted equipment.
- Position instructions and comments onto drawings.
- Modify and revise designs to correct operating deficiencies or to reduce production problems.
- Design scale or full-size blueprints of specialty items, such as furniture and automobile body or chassis components.
- Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to the materials.
- Lay out and draw schematic, orthographic, or angle views to depict functional relationships of components, assemblies, systems, and machines.
- Confer with customer representatives to review schematics and answer questions pertaining to installation of systems.
- Draw freehand sketches of designs, trace finished drawings onto designated paper for the reproduction of blueprints, and reproduce working drawings on copy machines.
- Supervise and train other drafters, technologists, and technicians.
- Lay out, draw, and reproduce illustrations for reference manuals and technical publications to describe operation and maintenance of mechanical systems.
- Produce three-dimensional models, using computer-aided design (CAD) software.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Shade or color drawings to clarify and emphasize details and dimensions or eliminate background, using ink, crayon, airbrush, and overlays.
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Mechanical Drafters
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Scales (Architects' scales)
- Scanners (Backlit digitizers)
- Calculators or accessories (Calculators)
- Compasses
- Graphics or video accelerator cards (Computer aided design CAD multi-unit display graphics cards)
- Plotter printers (Cutting plotters)
- Desktop computers
- Scales (Electronic scales)
- Touch pads (Estimating keypads)
- Curves (Flexible curves)
- Curves (French curves)
- Tablet computers (Graphics tablets)
- Scanners (Large-format digitizers)
- Notebook computers
- Plotter printers (Plotters)
- Print servers
- Protractors
- Scanners (Sonic digitizers)
- T squares (T-squares)
- Scanners (Three-dimensional laser digitizers)
- Computer mouse or trackballs (Three-dimensional motion controllers)
- Triangles
- Scanners (Wide-format document scanners)
Technologies Include:
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk Mechanical
- Bentley Microstation
- Bentley Navigator
- Dassault Systemes CATIA software
- Piping and instrumentation design PID software
- PTC Pro/Cable
- PTC Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica
- PTC Pro/ENGINEER software
- PTC Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire
- PTC Pro/Pipe
- PTC Pro/Sheetmetal
- Reverse engineering software
- Siemens Solid Edge software
- SofTech CADRA
- SolidWorks CAD software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
- Rapid prototyping software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Document management software
- Document management system software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Systems Adobe LiveMotion
- Graphic presentation software
- McNeel Rhino software
- Motion graphics software
- Non uniform rational b-splines NURBS software
- Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
- Bill of materials software
- Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
- Scanning software
- Three-dimensional scanning software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Mechanical Drafters
Additional Resources
Information on schools offering programs in drafting and related fields is available from:
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology
2101 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 302
Arlington, VA 22201
http://www.accsct.org
Information about certification is available from:
American Design Drafting Association
P.O. Box 11937
Columbia, SC 29211
http://www.adda.org
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Mechanical Drafters
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
95.50 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
93.25 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
87.00 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
84.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
73.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
72.50 | Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes. |
70.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
58.00 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
53.25 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
52.00 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Mechanical Drafters
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
56.25 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
56.25 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
56.25 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
56.25 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
50.00 | Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Mechanical Drafters
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
62.50 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
62.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
56.25 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
56.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
56.25 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
56.25 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
56.25 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Mechanical Drafters
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
93.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
92.75 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
80.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
75.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
73.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
69.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
67.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
67.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
66.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
62.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
61.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
60.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
60.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
56.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
56.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
54.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
53.50 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
51.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
51.50 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
96.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
83.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
80.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
80.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
79.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
76.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
75.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
72.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
72.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
71.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
68.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
65.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
65.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
64.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
58.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
56.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
58.33 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
55.50 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
98.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
94.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
92.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
89.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
88.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
86.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
82.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
77.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
75.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
74.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
71.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
70.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
69.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
68.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
67.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
62.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
61.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
59.60 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
59.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
58.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
55.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
53.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
53.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
53.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $39,030.00 | $61,310.00 | $77,930.00 |
Virginia | $36,930.00 | $61,480.00 | $71,680.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $62,635.32 | $74,113.15 | $82,045.76 |
Bay Consortium | $50,509.51 | $67,895.00 | $77,665.64 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $42,875.97 | $56,389.13 | $66,834.75 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $42,439.82 | $70,437.09 | $75,740.38 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $47,627.85 | $68,073.61 | $73,645.85 |
Hampton Roads | $39,271.56 | $59,324.79 | $66,878.37 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $40,699.41 | $51,334.03 | $62,366.37 |
Northern Virginia | $59,307.13 | $75,410.16 | $81,082.09 |
Piedmont Workforce | $41,871.80 | $59,014.30 | $67,371.63 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $31,635.94 | $46,239.46 | $54,909.36 |
Western Virginia | $42,381.67 | $55,873.03 | $66,824.37 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 49,400 | 45,200 | -8.5% |
Virginia | 1,218 | 1,189 | -2.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Aeronautical Drafter
- Auto Design Detailer
- Autocad Designer
- Autocad Technician
- Automotive Design Drafter
- Automotive Design Layout Drafter
- Body Design Checker
- Body Designer
- CAD Designer (Computer Aided Design Designer)
- CAD Designer (Computer-Aided Design Designer)
- CAD Drafter (Computer-Aided Design Drafter)
- CAD Draftsman (Computer-Aided Design Draftsman)
- CAD Operator (Computer Aided Design Operator)
- CAD Operator (Computer-Aided Design Operator)
- CAD/CAM Specialist (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing Specialist)
- CADD Drafter (Computer-Aided Design and Drafting Drafter)
- Castings Drafter
- Computer Draftsman Mechanical
- Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing Programmer (CAD/CAM Programmer)
- Controls Designer
- Design Checker
- Design Drafter
- Design Engineer
- Design Technician
- Designer
- Detail Drafter
- Detailer
- Die Designer
- Die Designer Apprentice
- Drafter
- Drafter Apprentice
- Drafting Technician
- Electro-Mechanical Designer
- Engineering Manager
- Engineering Technician
- Furniture Detailer
- Gage Designer
- Installation Drafter
- Machine Design Checker
- Mechanical Design Drafter
- Mechanical Design Engineer
- Mechanical Design Technician
- Mechanical Designer
- Mechanical Detailer
- Mechanical Drafter
- Mechanical Engineer
- Mechanical Equipment Engineering Assistant
- Mold Designer
- Patent Drafter
- Pattern Drafter
- Project Designer
- Technical Designer
- Technical Illustrator
- Tool and Die Designer
- Tool Design Drafter
- Tool Designer
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Mechanical Drafters
Related Schools
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brightpoint Community College
- Danville Community College
- ECPI University
- Germanna Community College
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Laurel Ridge Community College
- Mountain Empire Community College
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Patrick Henry Community College
- Paul D Camp Community College
- Rappahannock Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College
- Tidewater Community College
- Virginia Peninsula Community College
- Virginia Western Community College
- Wytheville Community College
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