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Drafting and Design/Mechanical Design

Employer mentors are trained to teach youth apprentices the skills and knowledge needed to find entry level employment in the mechanical 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/Mechanical Design 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 and Design/Mechanical Design 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. Principles of descriptive geometry and construction drawings are emphasized.
• Manufacturing Processes I
  The manufacturing process is introduced including safety, general concerns about the workplace and consideration of the quality processes such as teaming, problem-solving and ISO 9000 standards. Process learning plans include casting, forging, heat treating, plastics welding, brazing, soldering, machining, fabrication, coating and assembly.

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/Mechanical Design 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 program.

Downloadable Documents

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