Senior design drafter vs senior drafter

The differences between senior design drafters and senior drafters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a senior design drafter, becoming a senior drafter takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a senior design drafter has an average salary of $50,329, which is higher than the $44,988 average annual salary of a senior drafter.

The top three skills for a senior design drafter include engineering drawings, aided design and assembly drawings. The most important skills for a senior drafter are autocad, layout drawings, and cad standards.

Senior design drafter vs senior drafter overview

	Senior Design Drafter	Senior Drafter
Yearly salary	$50,329	$44,988
Hourly rate	$24.20	$21.63
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	37,776	3,189
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 71%	Associate Degree, 61%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	4	12

Senior design drafter vs senior drafter salary

Senior design drafters and senior drafters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Design Drafter	Senior Drafter
Average salary	$50,329	$44,988
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $74,000	Between $33,000 And $60,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between senior design drafter and senior drafter education

There are a few differences between a senior design drafter and a senior drafter in terms of educational background:

	Senior Design Drafter	Senior Drafter
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 71%	Associate Degree, 61%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Drafting And Design
Most common college	LeTourneau University	Carnegie Mellon University

Senior design drafter vs senior drafter demographics

Here are the differences between senior design drafters' and senior drafters' demographics:

	Senior Design Drafter	Senior Drafter
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 82.5% Female, 17.5%	Male, 75.4% Female, 24.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.0% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 5.7% White, 73.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 7.0% White, 72.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between senior design drafter and senior drafter duties and responsibilities

Senior design drafter example responsibilities.

Develop custom macros for SolidWorks to automate many redundant processes.
Create design layouts, parts drawings and assembly drawings using Solidworks.
Check drawings accordingly to ANSI Y14.5.
Produce drawing changes through ECO process.
Provide drafting support to the HVAC engineering team.
Organize and file drawing file according to company's PDM system (Windhill).

Senior drafter example responsibilities.

Manage the design history of 3D part models, assemblies, and drawings using PDM software.
Produce design and construction drawings electrical and HVAC departments for commercial and residential projects per applicable national codes and regulations.
Create BIM design from concept.
Detail and draft structures in Revit.
Maintain an engineering change notice (ECN) system.
Design HVAC and plumbing layouts on existing architectural xrefs.

Senior design drafter vs senior drafter skills

Common senior design drafter skills

Engineering Drawings, 10%
Aided Design, 8%
Assembly Drawings, 6%
GD, 6%
Autodesk, 5%
Design Drawings, 5%

Common senior drafter skills

Autocad, 25%
Layout Drawings, 7%
CAD Standards, 5%
Engineering Drawings, 4%
Aided Design, 4%
Revit, 4%