Will AI Replace Electrical and Electronics Drafters?

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Draft working drawings, wiring diagrams, wiring connection specifications, or cross-sections of underground cables, as required for instructions to installation crew.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Assemble documentation packages and produce drawing sets to be checked by an engineer or an architect.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Review completed construction drawings and cost estimates for accuracy and conformity to standards and regulations.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Confer with engineering staff and other personnel to resolve problems.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Measure factors that affect installation and arrangement of equipment, such as distances to be spanned by wire and cable.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Design electrical systems, such as lighting systems.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Draw master sketches to scale showing relation of proposed installations to existing facilities and exact specifications and dimensions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Study work order requests to determine type of service, such as lighting or power, demanded by installation.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Explain drawings to production or construction teams and provide adjustments, as necessary.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Reproduce working drawings on copy machines or trace drawings in ink.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Determine the order of work and the method of presentation, such as orthographic or isometric drawing.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Visit proposed installation sites and draw rough sketches of location.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Write technical reports and draw charts that display statistics and data.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

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

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

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

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare and interpret specifications, calculating weights, volumes, or stress factors.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Supervise or train other technologists, technicians, or drafters.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Use computer-aided drafting equipment or conventional drafting stations, technical handbooks, tables, calculators, or traditional drafting tools, such as boards, pencils, protractors, or T-squares.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.