"Introduction to Drafting" Textbook: Professional Careers, Office Practice, and Opportunities

Here are my answers to the questions at the end of Chapter 1.

1. A junior drafter might be expected to perform revision of sketches drawn by others, make drawings based on sketches, running deliveries, making copies, obtaining permits.

2. Three skills required of a junior drafter for advancement are to draw detailed correct drawings, to have an understanding of plans, use proper line and lettering.

3. Types of drawings that a junior drafter should be expected to draw are: correcting drawings done by others, drawing based on sketches, making adjustments to old drawings for a similar projects.

4. Junior drafter will be given sketches done by superior as guide or will be expected to correct drawings done by others.

5. Drafter will be expected to determine structural sizes, make renderings, make paperwork.

6. For sources of information that a drafter will need to use are sketches by supervisor, Sweet’s Catalog, Architectural Graphics, Time Saver Standards.

7. Types of drawings done by designers are light commercial buildings, residential, municipality drawings, making floor and foundation plans and section drawings.

8. Architecture students are required to take classes in logic, art, psychology and philosophy to develop abstract thinking.

9. Engineering students are required to develop a good understanding of math and science because it is their job to make sure that the structure will be safe and interact correctly with the forces of nature.

10. Inspector, construction worker, designer, engineer, architect, specifications writer, illustrator, model maker.