These technicians produce drawings of machinery, buildings, pipe systems, steel structures, tools and dies, and layouts that help planners visualize a part of a process before it is actually built or manufactured. The need for competent board draftspersons continues and the demand for qualified CAD operators has exploded as companies take advantage of this progressive technology. The drafting design field today relies heavily on computers to meet the demands of high tech industry. Holmes Community College drafting design technology graduates are competent in manual skills and with the latest computer aided equipment and software. They can produce quality designs with the skills they learn in this program.
Planning is essential to all aspects of today's businesses and industries.
Much of the planning that takes place is aided by drafting design technicians. It requires the student to apply specific drafting rules and techniques in order to produce drawings from the board or CAD system for use in the manufacturing process. This program prepares the student for work in computer drafting and design. Instruction provides a foundation in industrial drafting and design, science, mathematics and general education. The skill of the drafting design technician often spells the success of an anticipated project.