CAD Drafting for Civil Infrastructure

After graduation, students are primarily suitable for employment opportunities in local construction firms, with contractors, engineering and architecture companies. Employment opportunities and further studies may also be pursued in civil engineering technician training, building science, architecture and computer-aided design.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program the successful student will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Use AutoCAD in civil engineering effectively to create working drawings
• Use AutoCAD as a tool to work on architectural and structural drawings
• Apply local building code standards to architectural and interior design drawings
• Apply city bylaws for site and building design
• Understand engineering and architectural design drawings and perform quantity estimating
• Use Civil 3D to create land development subdivision and infrastructure drawings

Admission Requirements

• High school diploma or mature student status*
• Legal eligibility to study in Canada
• English proficiency requirement from one of following options:
  1. Completion of 3 years of full-time secondary education (Grades 8-12), or 2 years of if Grade are 10, 11, or 12, have been successfully completed in the program’s language of instruction in a country where the language of instruction is one of the principal languages, or
  2. Completion of 2 years of full-time post-secondary education in the program’s language of instruction in a country where the language of instruction is one of the principal languages (includes international education credentials recognized through WES, ICES, and IQAS), or
  3. Evidence of achievement in a recognized standardized language assessment at an overall level equivalent to IELTS 5.5 (academic) or higher: IELTS academic 5.5; TOEFL IBT 46; CAEL 40; CELPIP (Listening 6, Speaking 6, Reading 5, Writing 5); DET 95, PTE 43; FCE 160 or “C”; Cambridge Linguaskill B2; LANGUAGECERT Academic B2; MET B2; iTEP Academic 3.5; EIKEN Grade Pre-1. Test results must be dated no more than two years before the start date of the program, or
  4. Evidence of graduation from language program with a minimum grade/level from a Languages Canada accredited institution with an established pathway/articulation agreement allowing direct entry (no further testing required) to a diploma or degree program at a public institution in Canada. The pathway/articulation agreement must be current at the date of enrolment, or
  5. Accuplacer - This option may only apply when:
     • English is the program’s language of instruction, and
     • the applicant is a mature domestic student facing barriers, and
     • the applicant cannot access their educational records or cannot provide sufficient evidence of secondary or post-secondary education as outlined in this policy
     • Applicant is 19 years or older at the start of the program and is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and
     • Applicant provides attestation that they have completed at least three years of full-time instruction in English* in a country where the English is one of the principal languages, and
     • Applicant completes an Accuplacer English Assessment (Next Generation: Reading, Writing and WritePlacer) and achieves the following minimum scores:
       • Reading: 230, and Writing: 230, and WritePlacer: 4

Refer to Language Proficiency Policy for details.

*Mature Student is defined as an individual who is 19 years of age or older at the start of the program.

*Under no circumstances can these Admission Requirements be waived.

Start Your Career As

• Architectural Drafter
• Building Drafter
• Civil Engineering Drafter

Grow Your Career Into

• Construction Project Manager
• Construction Inspector
• Project Coordinator

Labour Market Snapshot

• NOC: 22212
• Annual Earnings *Average: $64,938
• Job Openings (2025–2035): 1,650
• Wages (BC): High $51.00/hr
  Median $33.65/hr
  Low $20.00/hr

Data sourced from WorkBC. Occupation information aligned with the National Occupational Classification (NOC)