Drafter Job Description
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The Drafter calculates dimensions, weight limitations, and requirements in materials for production. Their role is to collaborate with architects and engineers to determine the product through structural requirements and designs. Their responsibilities are to describe the production methods step-by-step, prepare and review rough sketches, create detailed designs with computer-aided design software, design diagrams, maps and layouts to illustrate the workflow, ensure final designs comply with regulations and quality standards, identify potential operational issues, redesign products to improve functionality, and create manuals that describe the existing product's operation, features and mai...
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- Engineering Tech III/Drafter IIGana-A'Yoo, LimitedYuma, AZ, United StatesPosted: Sep 6, 2024
- DrafterPower Solutions InternationalWaterford, MI, United StatesPosted: Sep 6, 2024
- Drafter/Designer IIIGeneral AtomicsPoway, CA, United StatesPosted: Sep 6, 2024
- Mechanical Designer/DrafterFort MillerFort Edward, NY, United StatesPosted: Sep 6, 2024
- Mechanical DrafterNOV Inc.Houston, TX, United StatesPosted: Sep 5, 2024
- DrafterStaffmark GroupCorona, CA, United StatesPosted: Sep 5, 2024
- Design DrafterLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermore, CA, United StatesPosted: Sep 5, 2024
- AutoCAD DrafterInnovative Refrigeration SystemsLyndhurst, VA, United StatesPosted: Sep 5, 2024
- Junior Facilities BIM Revit Modeler/Drafter IRES -...Jacobs Solutions Inc.Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesPosted: Sep 5, 2024
- Distribution DrafterActalentTuscaloosa, AL, United StatesPosted: Sep 5, 2024
- Drafter 3ActalentLos Angeles, CA, United StatesPosted: Sep 5, 2024
- DrafterCavco IndustriesEmlenton, PA, United StatesPosted: Sep 5, 2024
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- Associate Degree
- Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in General Studies
- Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in History
- Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Physics Education
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