Civil Drafters

Produce drawings, using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD) or drafting machines, or by hand, using compasses, dividers, protractors, triangles, and other drafting devices.

Draft plans and detailed drawings for structures, installations, and construction projects, such as highways, sewage disposal systems, and dikes, working from sketches or notes.

Review rough sketches, drawings, specifications, and other engineering data received from civil engineers to ensure that they conform to design concepts.

Draw maps, diagrams, and profiles, using cross-sections and surveys, to represent elevations, topographical contours, subsurface formations, and structures.

Supervise and train other technologists, technicians, and drafters.

Determine the order of work and method of presentation, such as orthographic or isometric drawing.

Finish and duplicate drawings and documentation packages according to required mediums and specifications for reproduction, using blueprinting, photography, or other duplicating methods.

Correlate, interpret, and modify data obtained from topographical surveys, well logs, and geophysical prospecting reports.

Supervise or conduct field surveys, inspections, or technical investigations to obtain data required to revise construction drawings.

Explain drawings to production or construction teams and provide adjustments as necessary.

Determine quality, cost, strength, and quantity of required materials, and enter figures on materials lists.

Locate and identify symbols on topographical surveys to denote geological and geophysical formations or oil field installations.

Calculate excavation tonnage and prepare graphs and fill-hauling diagrams for use in earth-moving operations.

Calculate weights, volumes, and stress factors and their implications for technical aspects of designs.

Plot characteristics of boreholes for oil and gas wells from photographic subsurface survey recordings and other data, representing depth, degree, and direction of inclination.