Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Engineering draftsman / engineering draftswoman
Recognized by Regulation of 17 December 1993 (BGBI. I, p. 25)

Duration of traineeship

3,5 years

One third of the training time is devoted to one of the following specialisms:

. mechanical and plant engineering

. heating, plumbing and air conditioning engineering

. structural steel and metal engineering

. electrical engineering

. wood engineering.

The venues for training delivery are the training company and the vocational

school.

Field of activity

Engineering draftsmen / draftswomen are trained to produce engineering drawings independently, taking the necessary parameters from sketches, hand-modified drawings, plans, written descriptions and oral instructions. Their work focuses on various fields and types of assignment depending on their area of work and corporate requirements, e.g. design or development functions in industry and the craft sector.

Occupational skills

Engineering draftsmen / draftswomen are predominantly involved in detail work, supplementing and perfecting the parameters given by designers to produce the final, complete drawing. They carry out tasks both manually and computer-aided, and ensure that the data they generate are secure and can be further processed. They are responsible for the completeness and clarity of their engineering drawings and documents and also for ensuring that these are drawn up in compliance with standards, intended function and intended mode of manufacture. They must take due account in their work of economic and environmental considerations and also help ensure proper communicatjon with the corresponding corporate divisions.

Engineering draftsmen and draftswomen specializing in mechanical and plant engineering

. produce engineering drawings, sketches, plans and schematic representations;

. carry out detailing work and make calculations

. produce perspective views and accompanying technical documentation;

. contribute their expertise to the work of other specialists.

Engineering draftsmen / draftswomen specializing in heating, plumbing and

air conditioning engineering

. produce engineering drawings, sketches, plans and schematic representations;

. carry out detailing work and make calculations;

. produce developed views, perspective views and accompanying technical documentation;

. contribute their expertise to the work of other specialists.

 

Engineering draftsmen / draftswomen specializing in structural steel and metal engineering

. produce engineering drawings and sketches for workshops and construction sites;

. carry out detailing work and make calculations;

. produce developed views, penetrating views and perspective views

. take account of the requirements of building physics;

. contribute their expertise to the work of other specialists.

 

Engineering draftsmen / draftswomen specializing in electrical engineering

. produce engineering drawings, sketches and plans;

. design and produce circuit documentation;

. make calculations

. produce accompanying technical documentation;

. contribute their expertise to the work of other specialists.

 

Engineering draftsmen / draftswomen speciatizing in wood engineering

. produce sketches, engineering drawings for production and assembly;

. carry out detailing work and make calculations

. design wooden bonds;

. take account of the requirements of building physics;

. determine parameters for surfacing and surface finishing;

. contribute their expertise to the work of other specialists.

Last modified on: July 30, 2007