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Drafting and Design/Engineering

Employer mentors are trained to teach youth apprentices the skills and knowledge needed to find entry level employment in the engineering/design industry.

Youth apprentices rotate through two to four major areas at the worksite (See Skills Standards Checklist) and take related classroom instruction at the local high school, technical college or at the worksite.

The Drafting & Design/Engineering program has two options available. The one-year option includes two semesters of classroom instruction which support a minimum of 450 work hours. The two-year option includes four semesters of classroom instruction, which support 900 work hours.

Related Instruction Requirements

Drafting & Design/Engineering related instruction focuses on:

• Computer Aided Drafting (CAD - two semesters)
  Drawing techniques necessary for drafting, design and other related occupations. Linework, instrument use, drawing layouts, representing data and objects in graphic form and describing information that produces a finished product or process is introduced.

Geometric construction and principles of drafting are applied to CAD concepts. A requirement includes the preparation of multi-view dimensional and annotated orthographic projection drawings.

• Engineering Graphics
  Various aspects of the design process using engineering graphics including descriptive geometry and construction drawings are covered.
• Principles of Engineering
  An orientation to the careers and challenges of engineering is introduced and covers core abilities that all workers must possess whether they enter the field as an engineer or engineering technician. The concepts of problem solving, concurrent engineering, modeling, ethics, optimization, systems design and technology/society interactions are stressed.

Skill Certificate and Advanced Standing

After successful completion of the requirements for a high school diploma and the school-based and work-based requirements for Youth Apprenticeship, the students receive a Certificate of Occupational Proficiency from the Department of Workforce Development. Students who complete the two-year Drafting & Design/Engineering Youth Apprenticeship are eligible to receive six or more advanced standing credits from a Wisconsin Technical College offering a drafting and design-related associate degree.

Downloadable Documents

Skills Standards Checklist
Order Form from Dept. of Administration Document Sales Unit

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