Draughtsman (Mechanical)
Preparation of mechanical engineering drawings by hand and on CAD, including machine parts, assemblies and production drawings.
About this trade
A draughtsman converts an engineer's design into the drawing that a workshop can actually build from. The course covers orthographic and isometric projection, sectioning, dimensioning and tolerancing, machine element drawing, assembly and detail drawings, and computer-aided drafting.
Where this trade can take you
Draughtsman in design offices, fabrication units and consultancies; CAD operator; technical assistant in production planning; drawing office of PSUs and government engineering departments.
Course structure
As with every trade under the Craftsman Training Scheme, the year is divided between practical work in the trade workshop — which takes the largest share of contact hours — and the supporting subjects:
- Trade Practical — the exercises and jobs that build the skill itself.
- Trade Theory — the principles behind the practical work.
- Workshop Calculation & Science — the arithmetic and applied science the trade depends on.
- Engineering Drawing — reading and preparing the drawings used on the job.
- Employability Skills — communication, workplace behaviour, basic IT and entrepreneurship, as prescribed by DGT.
Trainees are assessed internally through the year and sit the All India Trade Test at the end of each year. The full syllabus for this trade is published by DGT on Bharat Skills.
After the course
Trainees who complete the trade may take up employment directly, register for apprenticeship training under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme — which carries a stipend and counts as recognised experience — or apply for the Crafts Instructor Training Scheme to become an instructor themselves. Many also set up on their own account.