The role of draughtsman similarly demands a wide variety of work - from assisting the estimators finalise the required design in liaison with the workshops, to carrying out the site survey, working with the client to finalise an approved design, and communicating with the workshop and fitting departments to ensure the drawings carry sufficient information to allow the fabrication and installation of the items.
The role within a factory environment is surprisingly different to working in the office of an architect. When the actual production of components is so close to your desk, and you can actually see the raw lengths of steel arrive in the yard, and leave transformed into things which existed only on the computer screen weeks previously, it is quite exciting.
Below are some examples of work produced at Cole Ironcraft.
