"Electronic Drafter"

Job Description - Part 1

Basic Job Description:

Draw wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, schematics, and layout drawings used for manufacture, installation, and repair of electronic equipment.

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Job Duties and Tasks for: "Electronic Drafter"

1) Compare logic element configuration on display screen with engineering schematics and calculate figures to convert, redesign, and modify element.

2) Consult with engineers to discuss and interpret design concepts, and determine requirements of detailed working drawings.

3) Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry and printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices.

4) Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, and tolerances.

5) Key and program specified commands and engineering specifications into computer system to change functions and test final layout.

6) Plot electrical test points on layout sheets, and draw schematics for wiring test fixture heads to frames.

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7) Review work orders and procedural manuals and confer with vendors and design staff to resolve problems and modify design.

8) Copy drawings of printed circuit board fabrication, using print machine or blueprinting procedure.

9) Generate computer tapes of final layout design to produce layered photo masks and photo plotting design onto film.

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10) Locate files relating to specified design project in database library, load program into computer, and record completed job data.

11) Review blueprints to determine customer requirements and consult with assembler regarding schematics, wiring procedures, and conductor paths.

12) Select drill size to drill test head, according to test design and specifications, and submit guide layout to designated department.

13) Supervise and coordinate work activities of workers engaged in drafting, designing layouts, assembling, and testing printed circuit boards.

14) Train students to use drafting machines and to prepare schematic diagrams, block diagrams, control drawings, logic diagrams, integrated circuit drawings, and interconnection diagrams.