One Thousand Ways to Make a Living; or, An Encyclopædia of Plans to Make Money

by Harold Morse Dunphy

PLAN No. 1070. ENGINEERING AND DRAFTING

Although the engineering department and the drafting department in an electrical manufacturing concern are usually distinct organizations, the drafting division commonly operates under the direction of the engineering department. In the engineering department are developed the designs and specifications for the electrical apparatus which the company produces. The engineers make the computations, prepare—ordinarily in the form of a sketch—the preliminary design for the device, and write out the specifications for its production. This information is submitted to the drafting department, which completes finished detailed drawings. Often a draftsman who matures a design or directs the work of a squad of junior draftsmen must be an engineer. Although a technical-school training and a number of years of experience are necessary for any man who is to assume responsibility for electrical design or drafting, there are frequently opportunities for those who have had comparatively little training to start in as assistants or helpers.