Your training

In this three-year apprenticeship, we will make you fit in theory and practice!

Draftsmen create drawings and construction documents for various buildings. To do this, they usually work on a computer with CAD programs. They produce floor plans, construction and execution drawings, building elevations and detailed drawings based on design sketches or instructions from architects and civil engineers. In doing so, they observe the relevant technical regulations. In addition to their drawing work, they also carry out specialist calculations. For example, they determine building material requirements, create parts lists and prepare measurements. They monitor the progress of construction projects and ongoing construction processes and ensure that the necessary documents, calculations and invoices are available on time. If necessary, they also create planning documents for tenders. In addition, draughtsmen manage the different versions of drawings for a project and save the data.

The relevant knowledge and skills are taught during the training at the pilgrimage town of Kevelaer (building management department) and at the vocational school (Kleve district vocational college in Kleve).

For example, the trainees learn at the training company:

• how to use application software to convert data, define and create layers, make drawing presettings and create and manage computer-aided drawings
• how construction processes are carried out, how calculations are made according to building regulations and how floor plans, sections and views are constructed
• what needs to be considered when designing various buildings and constructing them with different building materials, such as structures made of stone, wood or steel, foundations, underpinnings, excavations or trenches
• how to apply contractual and technical guidelines, regulations and information sheets as well as quality assurance instruments
• how to convert design sketches into structural drawings
• how quantity and mass calculations are carried out for tendering, awarding and invoicing

At vocational school, further knowledge is imparted in job-specific learning fields (such as building design planning, building construction, construction execution planning) as well as in general education subjects such as politics/social studies.