How to become an architectural draughtsperson
Official title: Architectural draughtsperson
Also called: Architectural drafter, Architectural draughtsman, Landscape drafter, Landscape draughtsman, Landscape draughtsperson, Architectural Assistant, Architectural Associate, Architectural Executive, Senior Architectural Executive, Landscape draughtsman
Architectural draughtsperson specialises in preparing working drawings from architectural sketches and detailed specifications for the construction of buildings. He/she works with engineers regarding model accuracy, design, drafting standards and design documentation, produces structural drawings based on design drawings and verifies the consistence and makes adjustment to structural drawings, construction drawings and finishing works drawings.
Main tasks
- Preparing and revising working drawings from sketches and specifications prepared by engineers and designers for the manufacture, installation and erection of machinery and equipment or for the construction, modification, maintenance and repair of buildings, dams, bridges, roads and other architectural and civil engineering projects
- Operating computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) equipment to create, modify and generate hard-copy and digital representations of working drawings
- Operating digitising table or similar equipment to transfer hard-copy representations of working drawings, maps and other curves to digital form
- Arranging for completed drawings to be reproduced for use as working drawings
Ways in
- Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Architectural BIM & Design. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Architectural Technology. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Architecture (Nanyang Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $49,620 a year. The middle half earn $39,600 to $64,800 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an architectural draughtsperson?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma; Work-study diploma.
How much does an architectural draughtsperson earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $49,620 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $39,600 to $64,800.
Will AI change the work of an architectural draughtsperson?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026