DRAFTING NEW POSSIBILITIES

NCTC’s Engineering Technology program explores the design of items through the use of CAD software. Typical applications include architectural, residential and commercial; mechanicalparts; modeling of parts; machine design; animation modeling; electrical design; and civil drafting.

Division chair Darrell Smith adds that civil drafting is a particularly dynamic field because it integrates drone technology into the process of making topography maps and building surveys – then, the information can be used for model designs.

With a job growth rate of 15 percent, Engineering Technology is a promising career field on its own, but if you pair drafting studies with machining skills, Smith says, the growth potential is “explosive.” Fortunately, most of the software used in Engineering Technology is compatible with CNC equipment, sodovetailing these studies is a smooth move.