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Program Duration: Short-term
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Degree Type: Proficiency Certificate
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Total Credit Hours: 18
About This Certificate
Entry-level AV specialists assist design professionals in the architecture, engineering and construction fields in translating ideas, sketches and technical information into complex three-dimensional digital models that often employ animation. Students taking this certificate will build both the technical competencies and the strong collaboration skills needed to work in today’s professional AV environments.
This certificate prepares students interested in the field of computer-assisted design technology, current workers desiring more training, and those with a background in related technical fields for careers as architectural visualization (AV) specialists.
Course Sequence
Launch Your Career in Architectural Visualization
- Architectural and Civil Drafters: Est. salary $72,535
- Landscape Architect: Est. salary $83,536
- Urban and Regional Planner: Est. salary $86,542
Career Outlook
Median Salary of Architectural and Civil Drafters
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Architectural and Civil Drafters
Produce architectural drawings by hand or using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD). Architectural drafters also create plans for highways, sewage disposal systems, and more, coordinating structural, electrical and mechanical designs.
Starting Pay: $47,875
Typical Tasks
- Produce drawings, using computer-assisted drafting systems (CAD) or drafting machines, or by hand, using compasses, dividers, protractors, triangles, and other drafting devices.
- Draft plans and detailed drawings for structures, installations, and construction projects, such as highways, sewage disposal systems, and dikes, working from sketches or notes.
- Coordinate structural, electrical, and mechanical designs and determine a method of presentation to graphically represent building plans.
- Analyze building codes, by-laws, space and site requirements, and other technical documents and reports to determine their effect on architectural designs.
- Draw maps, diagrams, and profiles, using cross-sections and surveys, to represent elevations, topographical contours, subsurface formations, and structures.
- Lay out and plan interior room arrangements for commercial buildings, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment and software.
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