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ITI Draughtsman (Civil)
A two-year NCVT trade producing the drawings construction builds from - now almost entirely in CAD, and one of the few Class 10 trades that leads to office rather than site work.
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Overview
What the trade is
Two years after Class 10. A draughtsman turns an engineer's sketches and calculations into the precise drawings a site actually builds from — plans, sections, elevations and details.
Subjects
What you learn
Technical drawing and drawing standards, building and civil detailing, surveying basics, estimation, and CAD throughout. Manual drafting is taught as foundation only; the working output is digital, and increasingly the drawings feed a BIM model rather than a paper set.
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Who it suits
Precise people with good spatial sense who want technical office work rather than site or shop-floor work. Consultancies, contractors and government departments all need drafting, the software skills transfer between industries, and there is steady Gulf demand.
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The honest part
Manual drafting is gone. An institute still teaching mostly by hand is teaching you very little, so ask what software the lab runs before you enrol. Routine drafting is also being automated and outsourced, which squeezes rates at the simple end. Pay is modest and progression means moving into BIM, detailing or a diploma — drafting alone has a low ceiling.