INTEC Architectural Draughting Professional Certificate (incl kit)

Course details

Apply the knowledge of producing accurate plans and drawings to scale once you have successfully completed this course. This knoweldge can be applied to your building construction work, using drawings to turn concepts into reality. This course teaches you to produce a sketch plan to a client's requirements, a presentation drawing, working drawings, schedules and specifications for a single- storey domestic building, and work satisfactorily under an architect's supervision.

Entrance Requirement

Grade 11 (Std. 9) with Technical Drawing N2 or equivalent, or INTEC Introduction to Draughting Certificate, or relevant work experience (2 years).

Course Content

This course consists of the following topics:

• Instruments
• Freehand Technical Sketching
• Plans, Sections and Elevations
• The Site Plan and Survey
• Sketch Plan Elevations
• Working Drawings: Plan, Sections and Elevations
• Structural and Masonry Details
• Roof Structure
• Electrical Layout
• Concrete Structures
• Three-dimensional Drawings
• Presentation Techniques
• Professional Procedure and Practice

Assessment

You are required to write and pass five formal examinations. Please note that examinations are written in June and October of each year. You should complete an exam entry form and submit to the college, together with the prescribed examination fee, before the closing date of the next examination.