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Drafting

Drafters prepare technical drawings and plans used by production and construction workers to build everything from manufactured products such as toys, toasters, industrial machinery, and spacecraft to structures such as houses, office buildings, and oil and gas pipelines. Drafters’ drawings provide visual guidelines; show the technical details of the products and structures; and specify dimensions, materials, and procedures.

Designers - Engineering Technicians

Designers are sometimes refered to as Engineering technicians. They use the principles and theories of science, engineering, and mathematics to solve technical problems in research and development, manufacturing, sales, construction, inspection, and maintenance. Their work is more limited in scope and application-oriented than that of scientists and engineers. Many engineering technicians assist engineers and scientists, especially in research and development. Others work in quality control, inspecting products and processes, conducting tests, or collecting data. In manufacturing, they may assist in product design, development, or production.

Digital Technician

Digital Technicians are sometimes still referred to as Graphic designers or graphic artists. These individuals plan, analyze, and create visual solutions to communications problems. They decide the most effective way of getting a message across in print, electronic, and other media using a variety of methods such as color, type, illustration, photography, animation, and various print and layout techniques.

Technical Illustrating

Technical Illustrators—plan, analyze, and create visual solutions to in a variety of artistic manners. These technical and creative individuals may work under a multitude of Job Titles, but the end result lies in the delivery of a systematic artistic delivery of a product using a variety of tools and equipment. They decide the most effective way of getting a message across in print, electronic, and other media using a variety of methods such as color, type, illustration, photography, animation, and various print and layout techniques. Technical Illustrators are usually associated with the instructional assembly plans delivered with a consumer purchased product. Simply put... they draw up the instructions to assemble your bicycle.

Related Careers

Drafting, Design, Graphic Arts, Technical Illustration, Document Handlers and today's Digital Technicians are the basis of some of the more creative and challenging technical careers in the world. The processes that ADDA supports are the foundation of hundreds of careers in which the created visual document becomes the basis of the final product.
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Drafting History

The Magic of Drafting and Design
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Disciplines

Disciplines are specialized areas in which drafters, designers, digital technicians and graphic artist work. These are many times referred to as field or areas.
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Continuing Education

ADDA believes that continuing education is a necessity of every drafter, designer, digital technician or any individual who is employed in this career field. With the speed that technology is continually changing, it is of the utmost importance that every individual continually educate themselves though specialized training or through everyday opportunities.
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