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The job of a Draughtsman or they are also called as drafters, is to translate the ideas and rough sketches of engineers, architects, and scientists into detailed drawings.

Draughtsmen prepare technical drawings and plans used by production and construction workers to build everything from manufactured products such as spacecraft or industrial machinery to structures such as office buildings or oil and gas pipelines.

Students are introduced to things such as making mechanical drawings, structures, sketches, references and specifications. The skills to translate ideas into detailed technical drawings showing plans, elevations and sections in blueprints are given which the construction crew use to create the complex and realistic sets you see on the cinema screen.

Nowadays, most draughtsmen use computer-aided drafting (CAD) systems to prepare drawings. These systems employ computer workstations which create a drawing on a video screen. These systems make it easy to prepare many variations of a design and allow it to be viewed from angles not usually available with traditional drafting methods. The drawings are stored electronically so that variations, revisions or duplication can be made easily and quickly. Although this equipment has become easier to operate, CAD is only a tool. People who produce technical drawings using CAD still function as drafters and need most of the knowledge of traditional drafters, relating to drafting skills and standards, as well as CAD skills.