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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Electrical Drafters

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Prepare wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, and layout drawings used for the manufacture, installation, or repair of electrical equipment.

Electrical and Electronics Drafters · O*NET 17-3012.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

17 of 40tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

45 matched to the tools electrical and electronics drafters use. Showing 24.

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  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

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  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server
  • Powerpoint

    MCP server
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  • Sage Intacct

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    Sage Intacct is a cloud-based financial management software that streamlines & automates accounting business processes, providing real-time financial insights.

    Sage Intacct

  • Adobe Photoshop

    MCP server
  • AutoCAD is a design and drafting platform which supports automated design tasks and offers features such as 2D drafting, drawing and annotation, 3D modeling and visualization, and more.

  • Autodesk

    MCP server
  • CorelCAD is a computer-aided design software designed to help businesses across manufacturing, architecture, engineering, and construction industries create and render 2D drawings and 3D designs on a unified platform. The application enables managers to track projects, collaborat

  • Designcenter Solid Edge provides businesses with a range of modeling and simulation tools to address all aspects of the product development process. The software portfolio covers electrical design, 3D design, computer aided manufacturing (CAM), 3D printing, simulation, data manag

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  • Excel

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  • Excel

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  • Microsoft SharePoint is a service that helps organizations share content to quickly find information and seamlessly collaborate.

    Microsoft SharePoint

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The tools this job actually uses

75 documented for this occupation. Showing 40, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Adobe Illustratorhot
  • Autodesk AutoCADhot
  • Autodesk Revithot
  • Bentley MicroStationhot
  • Chot
  • Chot
  • Dassault Systemes SolidWorkshot
  • Linuxhot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Projecthot
  • Microsoft SharePointhot
  • Microsoft Visiohot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Perlhot
  • Pythonhot
  • SAP softwarehot
  • The MathWorks MATLABhot
  • UNIXhot
  • 1CadCam Unigraphics
  • Autodesk Navisworks
  • Aveva Group Plant Design Management System PDMS
  • Bentley AutoPLANT
  • Bentley I/RAS B
  • Bentley PlantSpace SupportModeler
  • Bentley Systems ProjectWise
  • Bowen & Groves M1 ERP
  • Cadence OrCAD software
  • Cadence PSpice
  • Cadence Virtuoso Layout Suite
  • COADE CADWorx P&ID
  • Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
  • Dassault Systemes CATIA
  • Design specification database software
  • ECT International Raceway Multi-Pack
  • Epicor Vantage ERP

What this job involves

30 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry or printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices.
  2. Draft working drawings, wiring diagrams, wiring connection specifications, or cross-sections of underground cables, as required for instructions to installation crew.
  3. Assemble documentation packages and produce drawing sets to be checked by an engineer or an architect.
  4. Review completed construction drawings and cost estimates for accuracy and conformity to standards and regulations.
  5. Consult with engineers to discuss or interpret design concepts, or determine requirements of detailed working drawings.
  6. Confer with engineering staff and other personnel to resolve problems.
  7. Measure factors that affect installation and arrangement of equipment, such as distances to be spanned by wire and cable.
  8. Design electrical systems, such as lighting systems.
  9. Draw master sketches to scale showing relation of proposed installations to existing facilities and exact specifications and dimensions.
  10. Review work orders or procedural manuals and confer with vendors or design staff to resolve problems or modify design.
  11. Locate files relating to specified design project in database library, load program into computer, and record completed job data.
  12. Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, or tolerances.
  13. Compare logic element configuration on display screen with engineering schematics and calculate figures to convert, redesign, or modify element.
  14. Review blueprints to determine customer requirements and consult with assembler regarding schematics, wiring procedures, or conductor paths.
  15. Study work order requests to determine type of service, such as lighting or power, demanded by installation.
  16. Generate computer tapes of final layout design to produce layered photo masks or photo plotting design onto film.
  17. Determine the order of work and the method of presentation, such as orthographic or isometric drawing.
  18. Visit proposed installation sites and draw rough sketches of location.
  19. Explain drawings to production or construction teams and provide adjustments, as necessary.
  20. Key and program specified commands and engineering specifications into computer system to change functions and test final layout.
  21. Copy drawings of printed circuit board fabrication using print machine or blueprinting procedure.
  22. Select drill size to drill test head, according to test design and specifications, and submit guide layout to designated department.
  23. Reproduce working drawings on copy machines or trace drawings in ink.
  24. Plot electrical test points on layout sheets and draw schematics for wiring test fixture heads to frames.