Architectural Drafters

Prepare detailed drawings of architectural designs and plans for buildings and structures according to specifications provided by architect.

Job Task

• Represent architect on construction site, ensuring builder compliance with design specifications and advising on design corrections, under architect's supervision.
• Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to lists of materials.
• Determine procedures and instructions to be followed, according to design specifications and quantity of required materials.
• Analyze technical implications of architect's design concept, calculating weights, volumes, and stress factors.
• Create freehand drawings and lettering to accompany drawings.
• Prepare colored drawings of landscape and interior designs for presentation to client.
• Reproduce drawings on copy machines or trace copies of plans and drawings, using transparent paper or cloth, ink, pencil, and standard drafting instruments.
• Prepare cost estimates, contracts, bidding documents and technical reports for specific projects under an architect's supervision.
• Calculate heat loss and gain of buildings and structures to determine required equipment specifications, following standard procedures.
• Build landscape, architectural and display models.
• Analyze building codes, by-laws, space and site requirements, and other technical documents and reports to determine their effect on architectural designs.
• Operate computer-aided drafting equipment or conventional drafting station to produce designs, working drawings, charts, forms and records.
• Coordinate structural, electrical and mechanical designs and determine a method of presentation in order to graphically represent building plans.
• Obtain and assemble data to complete architectural designs, visiting job sites to compile measurements as necessary.
• Draw rough and detailed scale plans for foundations, buildings and structures, based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets and other data.
• Lay out and plan interior room arrangements for commercial buildings, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment and software.
• Supervise, coordinate, and inspect the work of draftspersons, technicians, and technologists on construction projects.

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