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Job Description

Prepare detailed working diagrams of machinery and mechanical devices, including dimensions, fastening methods, and other engineering information.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3013.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 57,480.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
Currently, there are 63,630 people on this job

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Tasks for “Mechanical Drafters”

Confer with customer representatives to review schematics and answer questions pertaining to installation of systems.
Coordinate with and consult other workers to design, lay out, or detail components and systems and to resolve design or other problems.
Position instructions and comments onto drawings.
Develop detailed design drawings and specifications for mechanical equipment, dies, tools, and controls, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment.
Draw freehand sketches of designs, trace finished drawings onto designated paper for the reproduction of blueprints, and reproduce working drawings on copy machines.
Lay out and draw schematic, orthographic, or angle views to depict functional relationships of components, assemblies, systems, and machines.
Supervise and train other drafters, technologists, and technicians.
Lay out, draw, and reproduce illustrations for reference manuals and technical publications to describe operation and maintenance of mechanical systems.
Review and analyze specifications, sketches, drawings, ideas, and related data to assess factors affecting component designs and the procedures and instructions to be followed.
Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to the materials.
Compute mathematical formulas to develop and design detailed specifications for components or machinery, using computer-assisted equipment.
Design scale or full-size blueprints of specialty items such as furniture and automobile body or chassis components.
Modify and revise designs to correct operating deficiencies or to reduce production problems.
Shade or color drawings to clarify and emphasize details and dimensions or eliminate background using ink, crayon, airbrush, and overlays.

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