Profession electromechanical drafter

Electromechanical drafters draw and create blueprints together with electromechanical engineers. They interpret the specifications and requirements made by the engineer and design electromechanical equipment and components.

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Personality Type

Knowledge

  • Technical drawings

    Drawing software and the various symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles and page layouts used in technical drawings.

  • Manual draughting techniques

    Techniques used for creating detailed drawings of designs by using specialised pencils, rulers, templates and scales.

  • Electrical engineering

    Understand electrical engineering, a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

  • Electrical equipment regulations

    The national and international regulations with regards to the use and manufacture of electrical equipment on the workfloor. These regulations provide rules and guidelines on topics such as general risk management, electrical equipment manufacture, electrical equipment testing, electrical equipment installation, warning labels, and certificates.

  • CAD software

    The computer-aided design (CAD) software for creating, modifying, analysing or optimising a design.

  • Design drawings

    Understand design drawings detailing the design of products, tools, and engineering systems.

  • Electromechanics

    The engineering processes that combine electrical and mechanical engineering in the application of electromechanics in devices that need electricity to create mechanical movement or devices that create electricity by mechanical movement.

  • Mathematics

    Mathematics is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. It involves the identification of patterns and formulating new conjectures based on them. Mathematicians strive to prove the truth or falsity of these conjectures. There are many fields of mathematics, some of which are widely used for practical applications.

  • Electrical wiring diagrams

    The visual schematic representation of an electrical circuit, its components, and the connections between these components.

  • Electrical machines

    Electrical apparatus that are able to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy (generators), electrical energy to mechanical energy (motors), and change the voltage level of an AC or alternating current (transformers).

  • Electricity

    Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.

  • Mechanical engineering

    Discipline that applies principles of physics, engineering and materials science to design, analyse, manufacture and maintain mechanical systems.

Skills

  • Design electromechanical systems

    Draft sketches and design electromechanical systems, products, and components using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software and equipment.

  • Create technical plans

    Create detailed technical plans of machinery, equipment, tools and other products.

  • Liaise with engineers

    Collaborate with engineers to ensure common understanding and discuss product design, development and improvement.

  • Model electromechanical systems

    Model and simulate an electromechanical system, product, or component so that an assessment can be made of the viability of the product and so the physical parameters can be examined before the actual building of the product.

  • Interpret electrical diagrams

    Read and comprehend blueprints and electrical diagrams; understand technical instructions and engineering manuals for assembling electrical equipment; understand electricity theory and electronic components.

  • Use CAD software

    Use computer-aided design (CAD) systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimisation of a design.

  • Design prototypes

    Design prototypes of products or components of products by applying design and engineering principles.

  • Use technical drawing software

    Create technical designs and technical drawings using specialised software.

  • Customise drafts

    Edit drawings, schematic diagrams, and drafts according to specifications.

Optional knowledge and skills

electric motors provide technical documentation prepare assembly drawings design electrical systems manufacturing processes create a product's virtual model train employees electric generators draft bill of materials communicate test results to other departments electric drives plan manufacturing processes develop assembly instructions mechatronics engineering principles keep records of work progress apply technical communication skills use manual draughting techniques review drafts communicate with customers draw blueprints cae software

Source: Sisyphus ODB