This full-time 1800-hour program is offered at the Western Québec Career Centre in Gatineau. Program Objectives – This program provides the specialized training to enable men and women to perform the tasks and activities related to designing technical objects. The Industrial Drafting program develops:
- the competencies necessary to determine the information to include on drawings and to understand manufacturing
- the skills necessary to interpret, carry out, and correct drawings and to produce sketches
- usage of specialized functions of a computer-aided drafting program to produce detail drawings of mechanical components
- the necessary skills for multidisciplinary team work.
Program Content – The program is divided into the following competencies and includes an on-the-job training period. Adult learners gain valuable experience which should enable them to secure employment upon the successful completion of the program.
- The Trade and the Training Process
- Solving Problems Related to Industrial Drafting
- Interpreting Technical Drawings
- Producing Sketches
- Working at a Computerized Work Station
- Producing Detail Drawings of Mechanical Components
- Illustrating Fasteners
- Illustrating the Arrangement of Components
- Interpreting Technical Information Related to Materials and Manufacturing Processes
- Produce Assembly Drawings
- Using the Specialized Functions of a Computer-Aided Drafting Program
- Taking and Interpreting Measurements
- Determining Dimensional Tolerances
- Correcting a Drawing
- Illustrating Power Train Systems
- Producing Development Drawings
- Making Three-Dimensional Drawings of an Object
- Producing Detail Drawings of a Mechanism
- Making Piping and Circuit Diagrams
- Using Job Search or Entrepreneurial Techniques
- Producing Drawings for a Mechanical System
- Drawing the Housing of a Machine
- Adapting to the New Types of Work Organization
- Designing a Simple Technical Object
- Entering the Work Force
