Cert in Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

Genesee Community College's drafting certificate, focused on computer-aided design, trains students to produce the drawings that designers and engineers use to communicate how products and projects are built. Graduates are prepared for beginning jobs in engineering firms, architecture offices, factories and building trades. Learners work with computer-assisted drafting software in a newly built computer graphics laboratory. Because courses must be taken in a fixed sequence of prerequisites, the certificate takes longer than two semesters to finish. Credits earned in the certificate can be applied to the Associate in Applied Science in Computerized Drafting and Design, giving students a route to a full degree. Some GCC applied science programs also have transfer options at four-year schools. Program faculty include an instructor of computer-aided design, and the college provides career services to help graduates find openings.