Computer Aided Drafting - Southwestern Illinois College

Computer Aided Drafting from Southwestern Illinois College is a Campus Certificate Architectural Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. The Computer-Aided Drafting Program develops the skills that will prepare students for employment as drafters. The houses we live in, the buildings we work in, the cars we drive, or the roads we drive on, all started as concepts or ideas. The role of the computer-aided drafter is to communicate by way of pictorial drawings the concepts and ideas of engineers and architects. The CAD program is Curriculum Certified through the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA). This certification provides recognition in the areas of design drafting and signifies to employers that the SWIC CAD program meets the standards established and approved by the international organization for designers, drafters, architects, illustrators and technical artists. Career Opportunities More than 90 percent of the SWIC Computer-Aided Drafting graduates find drafting technology jobs with careers such as: Junior Drafter + an entry level position Drafting Technician + with education and experience Design Drafter + with advanced education and experience SWIC graduates pursue a range of drafting fields from manufacturing, architectural, to civil, to E and I, to pipe, to structural drafting , to surveying. SWIC graduates are employed by companies and agencies such as Anheuser-Busch, GE-Power, Monsanto, Sverdrup Corporation, Illinois Department of Transportation and Ameren. View more details on Southwestern Illinois College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Architectural Engineering courses.