Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
641K	$32.55	$67,700

Vocational Programs to Prepare Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians Career

The following 70 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Architectural Technology/Technician	39	-	-	-	-
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	7	-	-	-	-
Engineering Technology	1,097	-	-	594 Hours	9.81 Months
Applied Engineering Technologies/Technicians	6	-	-	-	-
Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician	36	-	-	594 Hours	9.81 Months
Civil Engineering Technology/Technician	50	-	-	-	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	249	$15,883	$2,702	316 Hours	10.67 Months
Laser and Optical Technology/Technician	22	-	-	40 Hours	1.00 Months
Telecommunications Technology/Technician	33	-	-	-	-
Audio Engineering Technology/Technician	4	-	-	-	-
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (other)	46	$5,371	$1,283	764 Hours	9.75 Months
Biomedical Technology/Technician	55	-	-	-	-
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	86	$22,533	$3,828	40 Hours	9.60 Months
Instrumentation Technology/Technician	64	$13,824	$1,764	1,579 Hours	14.33 Months
Robotics Technology/Technician	53	-	-	-	-
Automation Engineer Technology/Technician	74	-	-	-	-
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology/Technician	33	$4,050	$300	900 Hours	10.00 Months
Electromechanical and Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (other)	85	-	-	-	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	179	$13,584	$1,164	512 Hours	9.97 Months
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	69	-	-	-	-
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology	23	-	-	-	-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	23	-	-	-	-
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians (other)	15	-	-	-	-
Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician	34	$29,580	$2,600	900 Hours	6.00 Months
Metallurgical Technology/Technician	4	-	-	-	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	88	$5,875	$508	-	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	263	$11,245	$383	1,032 Hours	10.00 Months
Welding Engineering Technology/Technician	23	$3,066	$831	1,050 Hours	9.00 Months
Chemical Engineering Technology/Technician	5	-	-	-	-
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology	1	-	-	-	-
Composite Materials Technology/Technician	7	$4,698	$342	172 Hours	2.00 Months
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)	58	-	-	-	-
Industrial Safety Technology/Technician	13	-	-	-	-
Hazardous Materials Information Systems Technology/Technician	2	-	-	-	-
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician	16	$18,519	$3,476	1,958 Hours	17.00 Months
Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician	29	$5,957	$1,662	1,182 Hours	16.50 Months
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	82	-	-	48 Hours	13.00 Months
Marine Engineering Technology/Technician	2	-	-	-	-
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (other)	10	$15,925	$303	28 Hours	6.00 Months
Mining Technology/Technician	7	-	-	-	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	59	-	-	630 Hours	4.00 Months
Surveying Technology/Surveying	62	-	-	-	-
Hydraulics and Fluid Power Technology/Technician	11	-	-	-	-
Computer Engineering Technology/Technician	37	-	-	850 Hours	8.00 Months
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	80	$16,903	$1,734	329 Hours	9.00 Months
Computer Hardware Technology/Technician	6	-	-	-	-
Computer Software Technology/Technician	13	-	-	37 Hours	9.00 Months
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians (other)	3	-	-	-	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	249	$4,528	$192	1,100 Hours	14.33 Months
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	189	$29,540	$1,960	-	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	107	$8,000	$101	900 Hours	9.00 Months
Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD/CADD	24	-	-	-	-
Electrical/Electronics Drafting and Electrical/Electronics CAD/CADD	10	-	-	-	-
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD	115	-	-	-	-
3-D Modeling and Design Technology/Technician	8	$7,930	$878	889 Hours	8.00 Months
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians (other)	8	-	-	-	-
Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician	4	-	-	-	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	7	-	-	-	-
Packaging Science	1	-	-	-	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	106	-	-	-	-
Power Plant Technology/Technician	3	-	-	-	-
Solar Energy Technology/Technician	52	$8,217	$130	-	-
Wind Energy Technology/Technician	7	-	-	-	-
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians, Other	1	-	-	-	-
Operational Oceanography	1	-	-	-	-
Air and Space Operations Technology	1	-	-	-	-
Geography	37	-	-	-	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	176	-	-	-	-
Building Construction Technology	123	$12,247	$1,561	913 Hours	10.08 Months
Avionics Maintenance Technology/Technician	38	$17,490	$553	590 Hours	15.25 Months

Schools offering voational programs for Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians

The following 1,210 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Drafters, Engineering Technicians, and Mapping Technicians. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.