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Architectural Drafting and Design Skills
Use the following lists to show your technical skills on your resume and cover letter. You may have additional skills not shown on this list. List your skills in a separate Skills/Qualifications section on your resume. Highlight the most relevant skills in the middle paragraph of your cover letter.
Sample Skills/Skill Headings
- AutoCAD
- Computer-Aided Drafting
- Building Design and Layout
- Cost Distribution/Estimating
- Single and Multi-family Projects
- Residential Projects
- Institutional and Commercial Design
- Production Drafting
- Drawing Layout
- Assembly Drawings
- Working Drawings
- Floor Plans/Elevations
- Plot Plans/Foundations
- Site Plans, Sections, Details
- Document Control
- Technical Documentation
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- Liaison to Architects/Builders/Inspectors
- Work Order Changes
- Architectural Design
- Site Work Design
- Mechanical Design
- Industrial Design
- Structural Design
- Plumbing Design
- Interior Design and Planning
- Proposal Development
- Project Coordination
- Construction Industry Experience
- Construction Development
- Site Development
- Technical Writing Skills
- Landscape Design
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Sample Skill Statements
- Draw residential and light commercial plans, from programming through sketching, drawings, and models
- Draw building sections, structural framing and foundation details
- Familiar with site development, including surveying existing grades, locating existing and future buildings, driveway parking and landscaping, plus drawing site plans
- Design remodel/addition working drawings
- Familiar with basic contracts and construction specifications for residential and commercial projects
- Estimate material and labor costs of construction
- Draft floor plans, fixture layouts, and space planning
- Prepare 3-dimensional drawings and designs utilizing AutoCAD R14 (2000, etc.)
- Create, retrieve, and modify drawings using AutoCAD
- Design and draw mechanical plans for plumbing, electrical, lighting, heating and cooling systems
- Create details, elevation, and wall sections
- Prepare as-built drawings
- Take field measurements of site and existing structures
- Coordinate with departments to complete drafting and change notices
- Work on customer fit-up layouts
- Work with engineers, architects, property managers, customers, construction department, and outside vendors
- Work quickly and accurately under tight deadlines
- Work with design intent and design control documents
- Design and construct modular office buildings
- Design windows, ballisters, fireplace surrounds, spiral stairs, newell boxes, pavers, and columns, utilizing AutoCAD 2000
- Conceive, design, plan and construct models for new or modified structures
- Coordinate and determine quantity and types of materials, while planning sequences for ordering materials
- Support engineering staff as a drafter utilizing AutoCAD 2002
- Work experience in elevations, wall components, and floor plans
- Work with engineers and designers doing redlines and rework
- Familiar with universal and Oregon building codes, land use zoning
- Write technical bid packages
- Experience in land limit survey proposals and topography
- Prepare plans for regulatory approval such as zoning and construction drawings
- Provide material takeoffs from approved drawings
- Assist with basic design, inspection and code research
- Assist with reporting, development of schedules, spreadsheets, charts and estimates
- Produce photographic records of projects
- Review, update and correct plans submitted by outside architects
- Draft details for mechanical, electrical, engineering, and structural systems
- Manage special projects including special plan notices and plan changes upon approval
- Prepare technical documentation for work order changes
- Convert sketches and rough drafts prepared by architects into working drawings
- Hand sketch conceptual space plans
- Assist in maintenance of AutoCAD/drawing library
- Knowledge of electrical wiring/schematics
- Experience with wood frame construction drawings using AutoCAD R14
- Calculate heat loss and gain of buildings and structures to determine required equipment specifications
- Solicit bids for materials
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