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Your Job—Drafting [Continued from page 118] S e m e corp o ratio n s m ain tain their own train in g sch oo ls, afford in g a m eth od of gettin g p a id w hile y o u learn . If you h av e a le an in g to w a rd som e p a rtic u la r b ran ch of d ra ftin g — a irp la n e en gin e d esign , fo r in stan ce— y o u w ill do w ell to m ak e in ­ q u irie s in the field an d y o u m ay find a com pan y th at w ill acce p t y o u fo r train in g. T h is is n ot th e u su a l practice, h ow ever, fo r the m a jo r ity of e m ­ p lo y e rs do not. c are to ta k e on g re e n h an d s. T h is attitu d e m ay b e a reflection of the fa c t th at c u r ­ ren tly th e re a re m a n y g r a d u a te e n g in e e rs to choose from , ow'ing to the in c re a se d o u tp u t of colleges. In y o u r own community, i f it is o f f a ir size, th ere m a y b e co lleges or tech n ical sch oo ls w ith e x c e llen t c o u rse s in d raftin g. In q u iry a t y o u r lo cal B o a rd of E d u c atio n offices w ill g iv e y o u in fo rm ation on su ch c o u rse s an d the costs o f tuition, a s w ell a s e n try re q u ire m e n ts. S in ce all of th ese fa c to rs show w id e v a rian ce , it is im ­ p rac tic a l to list them here. O f all su b je c ts tau g h t b y correspon den ce, d ra ftin g is the b e st su ite d to th is m eth od. A s w e h ave alre a d y seen, d r a ftin g is “ p a p e r w o rk ” an d th at is e ssen tially th e m eth od o f c o rre ­ spon den ce stu d y . W here co rresp o n d en ce train in g is of d o u b tfu l b en efit in b eco m in g an airp lan e pilot, a s w e o b se rv e d in the A p ril issu e, it is e x c e llen tly ad ap te d to d ra ftin g an d d e sign stu d y b e ca u se of the n atu re o f the occupation . T h e av e rag e tim e re q u ire d to com plete a d r a ft­ in g an d d e sign cou rse b y c o rresp o n d en ce is three y e ars, o r 1.200 stu d y h ou rs. O ne su c h cou rse c o sts $147, an oth er $180, co v erin g all su b je c ts n e c e ssa ry fo r m en w ho w ish to ad op t d raftin g a s a pro fessio n . A n o th er m ech an ical d raw in g cou rse w ith m ath e m atics en ou gh to q u a lify you a s a p rac tica l d ra ftsm a n costs $155. A co u rse w ith en o u gh m ath e m atics an d m ech an ical d raw in g to e n ab le y o u to “ sp e a k the la n g u a g e ” an d re a d b lu e p rin ts, w ith ou t po lish in g off y o u r tech n ique of m ak in g com plicated draw in g s, co sts $85 to $90. W e h av e s a id y o u h av e to tak e to m ath e m atics lik e a can d id ate to a b ab y , and a listin g of su b je c ts in clu ded in both m ech an ical d raw in g, an d d r a ft ­ in g an d d e sign co u rse s, w ill sp e e d ily p ro v e it. H ere th ey are : arith m etic, elem en ts of a lg e b ra, lo g arith m s, g e o m etry an d trigon om etry , g e o m et­ ric al draw in g . In a m ech an ical d raw in g cou rse y o u get, in ad d ition to th ese an d to the m ain s u b je c t, e lem en ts of projection d raw in g an d m a ­ chine sk etch in g. In the d ra ftsm a n ’s c o u rse y o u w ill ad d su ch su b je c ts a s link m ech an ism s, g e a r ­ ing, p u lle y s and b eltin g, e lem en tary ch em istry , stre n g th an d testin g of m a te ria ls, an d m ach in e d esign . If an y of those sou n d lik e b a d m edicine to y o u (th ey so u n d lik e w o rk in an y b o d y ’s lan g u ag e , an d th ey are w ork ) you can drop th e d ra ftin g id ea w h ile th e re ’s still tim e. In re tu rn fo r its re w ard s, the c a r e e r d e m a n d s p le n ty of good o ld -fash io n ed b rain sw eat. 120

L o o k into the m eth od of train in g w hich m ost a p p e a ls to y ou. If y ou sign on a s an ap pren tice, y o u ’ll e arn m o n ey w h ile y o u le arn b u t it w on’t b e a g r e a t deal an d u n le ss you go ah e ad u n u su a lly f a s t y ou w ill h av e to in vest a b o u t th ree y e a rs of y o u r tim e a t th e jo b . If you stu d y in sp a re tim e, y o u w on ’t g e t p a id fo r d ra ftin g b u t y o u w ill p ro b a b ly h av e a d a y tim e jo b an d y o u m a y bo fa r th e r ah e ad in the lon g ru n b y d raw in g dow n a d ra ftsm a n ’s w a g e s w hen y o u h a v e com pleted y o u r cou rse. A ll of th ese are fac to rs w hich, b e in g a le v e l­ h e a d e d so rt w ith a p ractic a l d ra ftsm a n ’s m ind, y o u a r e w ell eq u ip p ed to decid e fo r y o u rse lf. It i s o rd in ary good se n se to w eigh c a re fu lly in the ligh t o f y o u r ow n n e e d s the a d v a n ja g e s th at d iffe ren t sc h o o ls o r d ifferen t train in g m eth ods m a y offer you. O nce you h a v e y o u r d r a ftsm a n ’s diplom a, the b ig ta sk re m ain in g is to ge t a job . If y o u h av e le arn e d y o u r stu ff in a d raftin g room , y o u r p r o b ­ le m is sim plified —y o u sim p ly go ah e ad w h ere y o u are . If y o u h av e tak e n a corresp on d en ce c ou rse, y o u r school v e ry p ro b ab ly m ain tain s an em p loy m en t se rv ic e w hich m a y p u t y o u in touch w ith ju s t th e rig h t jo b fo r y ou. T r a d e sch oo ls fre q u e n tly h ave such se rv ic e s too; in fact, in sti­ tu tio n s train in g d raftsm e n are log ical so u rce s fo r an e m p lo y e r to tu rn to w hen he w an ts m en he can d epen d upon . O ne la rg e school re p o rts th at it is e a sie r to p la c e d raftsm e n , o r b e gin n ers in draftin g, th an it is stu d e n ts of an y other tech n ical job . H elp w an ted colu m n s in n e w sp ap e rs in in d u s­ t ria l cities o rd in arily h a v e m ore ad s fo r d raftsm e n th an fo r oth er sp e cialize d vocation s. T o hold dow n a jo b once y o u ’ve lan d ed it y ou h av e to b e good, fo r since e v e ry th in g y ou know sh o w s up on p a p e r th e re ’s no con cealin g it. T h e p ractic a l a d v a n ta g e s o f ch o osin g som e sp e c ial field an d stic k in g to it are ob vious. D raftin g , for in stan ce, is an effective p a ssk e y into the attrac tiv e field of av iation , recen tly d isc u sse d in this series. O ne d isa d v a n ta g e o f draftin g, if y ou are a n in d iv id u alist, is th a t there is v e ry little o p p o r­ tu n ity of g o in g into b u sin e ss on y o u r own. a s you c an if y o u a re a p h o to grap h e r or rad io se rv ice m an . It is tru e that som e d raftsm en m a k e a good liv in g a s fre e lan ce s, b u t g e n e ra lly sp e ak in g y o u w ill h av e to go to w ork fo r a co rp o ratio n or a sm all em ploy er. B y com b in in g d raftin g w ith o th er en g in e e rin g kn ow ledge, su c h a s a r c h i­ tectu re, y ou m a y b e a b le to set up shop s u c ­ c e ssfu lly . B u t the typ ical d raftsm an , though ab le to stan d on h is ow n feet an d acce p t resp o n sib ility , is a tea m w o rk e r b y n atu re , fo r la rg e p ro je c ts these d a y s a re n ’t com pleted b y a sin g le m an. A n a u to ­ m ob ile re p re se n ts the com bin ed d raftin g lab o rs of th o u sa n d s of men. If you are cu t ou t for the jo b [C o n tin u ed on page 121].

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