DEP

5725

Program
Industrial Drafting
Code
5725
Diploma Type
Secondary School Vocational Diploma (DVS)
Number of Credits
120
Number of Competencies
25
Length of Training
1800 hours
Tuition Fees (Local)
$19,950.00 CAD
Tuition Fees (International)
$23,950.00 CAD
Program Description
Industrial drafting involves both technical and practical concepts and is used in all sectors. Students choosing this trade should know something about manufacturing. Three classes of businesses need industrial drafting skills: industries that need to fabricate mechanical objects, consulting firms in fields such as engineering, and manufacturing companies.

The 1,800-hour Industrial Drafting DVS program covers 25 competencies. During the program, you will develop the skills required to solve industrial drafting problems, take and interpret measurements, and understand the manufacturing process.

It is important to distinguish between a designer and a drafter. A designer diagrams mechanical parts, creating the overall drawings for assembly and detail. A drafter, also known as a draftsperson, a drafting technologist, a drafting technician or a computer-assisted drafting (CAD) technician, improves or adapts existing products in addition to designing new ones, or may lead projects . A designer may work in the field for a few years before becoming a drafter.

Choosing a career in drafting means deciding to work with leading-edge technology. It also means acquiring detailed knowledge in a variety of specialties across a range of sectors and skills in the use of many different advanced software applications, such as AutoCAD.

Graduates of our Industrial Drafting program will be qualified to prepare technical designs, drawings and related information as part of multidisciplinary engineering teams or in support of engineers, architects or industrial designers, or they may work independently.

* This DVS program is eligible for student financial assistance from the Government of Quebec.
Main Job Operations
Drafting technologists perform some or all of the following duties:

Develop and prepare engineering designs and drawings from preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets and other data

Operate computer-assisted design (CAD) and drafting workstations

Develop and prepare design sketches

Complete documentation packages and produce drawing sets

Check and verify design drawings to conform to specifications and design data

Write technical reports

Prepare contracts and tender documents

Prepare construction specifications, costs and material estimates

Supervise and train other technologists, technicians and drafters.

Drafting technicians perform some or all of the following duties:

Develop and prepare engineering drawings, plans, diagrams or layouts from sketches.

Operate computer-assisted drafting equipment or a conventional drafting station.
Program Content
  • 872-035 75h • 5cr
    Interpret technical drawings
  • 872-054 60h • 4cr
    Take and interpret measurements
  • 872-153 45h • 3cr
    Adapt to the new types of work organization
  • 872-311 15h • 1cr
    Determine their suitability for the trade and the training process
  • 872-324 60h • 4cr
    Solve problems related to industrial drafting
  • 872-335 75h • 5cr
    Produce sketches
  • 872-345 75h • 5cr
    Work at a computerized work station
  • 872-356 90h • 6cr
    Produce detail drawings of mechanical components
  • 872-364 60h • 4cr
    Illustrate fasteners
  • 872-373 45h • 3cr
    Illustrate the arrangement and movement of the components of a mechanism
  • 872-386 90h • 6cr
    Intepret technical information about materials and manufacturing processes
  • 872-395 75h • 5cr
    Produce assembly drawing
  • 872-407 105h • 7cr
    Use the specialized functions of a computer-aided drafting program
  • 872-414 60h • 4cr
    Determine dimensional tolerances
  • 872-421 15h • 1cr
    Correct a drawing
  • 872-436 90h • 6cr
    Illustrate power train systems
  • 872-446 90h • 6cr
    Produce delevopment drawings
  • 872-456 90h • 6cr
    Make a three-dimensional model of an object
  • 872-466 90h • 6cr
    Produce detail drawings of a mechanism
  • 872-476 90h • 6cr
    Make piping and circuit diagrams
  • 872-482 30h • 2cr
    Use job search or entrepreneurial techniques
  • 872-495 75h • 5cr
    Produce drawings for mechanical system
  • 872-507 105h • 7cr
    Draw the housing of a machine
  • 872-517 105h • 7cr
    Design a simple technical object
  • 872-526 90h • 6cr
    Enter the workforce

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