Electronic Drafters Go Back to List Draw wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, schematics, and layout drawings used for manufacture, installation, and repair of electronic equipment.

Tasks
	Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry or printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices.
	Consult with engineers to discuss or interpret design concepts, or determine requirements of detailed working drawings.
	Locate files relating to specified design project in database library, load program into computer, and record completed job data.
	Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, or tolerances.
	Supervise and coordinate work activities of workers engaged in drafting, designing layouts, assembling, or testing printed circuit boards.
	Compare logic element configuration on display screen with engineering schematics and calculate figures to convert, redesign, or modify element.
	Review work orders or procedural manuals and confer with vendors or design staff to resolve problems or modify design.
	Review blueprints to determine customer requirements and consult with assembler regarding schematics, wiring procedures, or conductor paths.
	Train students to use drafting machines and to prepare schematic diagrams, block diagrams, control drawings, logic diagrams, integrated circuit drawings, or interconnection diagrams.
	Generate computer tapes of final layout design to produce layered photo masks or photo plotting design onto film.

Skills
	Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
	Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
	Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
	Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
	Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
	Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
	Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
	Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
	Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
	Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Knowledge
	Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
	Design - Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
	Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
	English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
	Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
	Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
	Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
	Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
	Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
	Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

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Wage Information
	Region Average Entry Level  Mid-Range  Annual  Hourly  Statewide $84,920.00 $40.83  $25.94  $29.95 - $57.43  Hartford $88,340.00 $42.48  $26.85  $28.24 - $57.43  New Haven $103,907.00 $49.95  $34.11  $39.36 - $62.80

Occupation Outlook ( 2016 - 2026 ) Average Annual Job Openings:   59   Employment in this occupation is expected to grow more slowly than average, and the number of annual openings will offer limited job opportunities.

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