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We produce shop drawings for schools. Basically the shop drawings are used for production in the shop.
My name is Troy Pereira. My position here is CAD operator.
A person that likes to draw would do well in this field. There’s a lot of creativity in drawing up the cabinets and designing the elevations.
Right now I’m in the process of drawing up an elementary school. These are drawings I received from the architect.
We go through these and use them as a basis to create our shop drawings.
It shows details of information that the architect needs in the school. I didn’t have any work experience. I learned that all here.
Some people might find that sitting at a desk all the time is not enjoyable, but there are other parts of the job that allow you to move around.
For an entry level position in this field, the pay is usually around thirty to sixty thousand.
When the shop drawings are completed, they’re used for a parts list for manufacturing the cabinets on the floor.
I’ll be going down to the floor today to take a look at how our drawings are being produced.
Now, down on the shop floor, here’s a cabinet that’s being assembled right now.
Here’s the plate base and the two cables. Later on, the back will be installed and the straps. The average process takes about five or seven minutes.
They can assemble roughly forty units in a day.
The cabinet’s being built by my designs.
After reviewing the product on the floor, I can now continue with the next project, knowing that the other project has been delivered to the school.
I enjoy drawing cabinets and seeing the final product on the floor. For a position that I have here, college level is basically what you need.
I took an architectural technologist program, which is a three-year course.
Other than getting an architectural technologist diploma, you can enter this field through a diploma from a wood-working college.
I find there’s no part of my job that I don’t like. Everything’s interesting. I mean, there are always different areas to go into in this job.