(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Electronic Drafters
Job Description
Draw wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, schematics, and layout drawings used for manufacture, installation, and repair of electronic equipment.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
92
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Consult with engineers to discuss and interpret design concepts, and determine requirements of detailed working drawings. |
88
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Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, and tolerances. |
87
|
Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry and printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices. |
75
|
Locate files relating to specified design project in database library, load program into computer, and record completed job data. |
63
|
Review work orders and procedural manuals and confer with vendors and design staff to resolve problems and modify design. |
58
|
Compare logic element configuration on display screen with engineering schematics and calculate figures to convert, redesign, and modify element. |
54
|
Copy drawings of printed circuit board fabrication using print machine or blueprinting procedure. |
49
|
Review blueprints to determine customer requirements and consult with assembler regarding schematics, wiring procedures, and conductor paths. |
48
|
Key and program specified commands and engineering specifications into computer system to change functions and test final layout. |
41
|
Plot electrical test points on layout sheets and draw schematics for wiring test fixture heads to frames. |
35
|
Supervise and coordinate work activities of workers engaged in drafting, designing layouts, assembling, and testing printed circuit boards. |
28
|
Train students to use drafting machines and to prepare schematic diagrams, block diagrams, control drawings, logic diagrams, integrated circuit drawings, and interconnection diagrams. |
23
|
Select drill size to drill test head, according to test design and specifications, and submit guide layout to designated department. |
17
|
Generate computer tapes of final layout design to produce layered photo masks and photo plotting design onto film. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
79
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Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
71
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
69
|
Thinking Creatively
|
66
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
60
|
Interacting With Computers
|
59
|
Processing Information
|
57
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
56
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
54
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
53
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
52
|
Getting Information
|
52
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
46
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
44
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
42
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
39
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
38
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
32
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
32
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
31
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
30
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
29
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
29
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
29
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
26
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
25
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
25
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
24
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
22
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
22
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
21
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
20
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
18
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
18
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
16
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
16
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
15
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
14
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
12
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
11
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
7
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
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