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DRF - Drafting and Design A.A.S.

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CRApplied Associate of Science

Program Full Description

This program is designed to prepare students for employment as an industry technician or draftsman who is able to make detail and design drawings. The program provides students with knowledge and experience in the areas of computer-aided drafting (CAD), robotics, and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), so that they are prepared for the high-technology methods employed by industry. Graduates assist engineers and designers in the investigation, experimentation, and development of products, tools, mechanisms, and machines. Graduates also prepare appropriate detail and design drawings for use in production. Jobs for which graduates are expected to be qualified include detail draftsperson, design draftsperson, product design, machine design, and tool design.

Program Objectives

Program Objective

accreditation standard

college-wide competency

Use common standards and symbols to make detail and assembly drawings according to accepted industrial practice

Construct drawings using various special areas of drafting, such as electronic schematics, piping, welding, structural, sheet metal layout, and casting

Explain the differences between various common manufacturing materials and have a knowledge of the process available to transform these materials into finished products

Work from handbooks, catalogs, and other informational sources to obtain the data necessary for selecting machine components

Design basic tools, jigs, fixtures, and punch dies

Use creative thinking and good judgement when considering all the factors involved in the evolution of a mechanical design

Demonstrate and apply the basic principles of fluid power

Operate a typical computer drafting system

Organize and write a technical report indicating the data that was determined for the selection of a machine component

Determine by calculation the various operational values related to machine components, such as force, speed, and power

Determine by the design of a product or machine the effect it will have on the human element