Start Your Drafting Career

Build practical drafting and CAD skills from the ground up. Learn workplace tasks, read drawings, and prepare for junior roles.
Practical drafting skills for beginner careers

Drafting and CAD

Start with the drawing, layout, and CAD skills used to support design teams. You learn how to read plans, follow standards, make clear updates, and prepare files for review.

Survey and Field Drafting

Build skills for turning field notes, measurements, and markups into clear drawings. This path suits people who want practical technical work connected to land, utilities, and construction projects.

Engineering Support

Prepare for junior roles that help engineers and project teams organize drawings, apply redlines, check details, and keep project information accurate. Begin with workplace tasks you can practice step by step.

Your Four-Step Learning Path

Build practical drafting and CAD skills in a clear order, from your first workplace concepts to job-ready junior drafter preparation.

PART 1 - Junior Drafter Fundamentals

Start with the role of a junior drafter, common workplace terms, drawing basics, and the habits employers expect.

PART 2 - CAD Drafting Fundamentals

Learn core CAD drafting skills through practical work that builds accuracy, speed, and confidence with technical drawings.

PART 3 - Reading Drawings & Working Redlines

Practice reading plan sets, interpreting markups, and making clear updates from redlines and review comments.

PART 4 - Job-Ready Junior Drafter

Bring your skills together with workplace-style assignments, assessments, and job-readiness preparation for entry-level roles.

How You Learn

Learn core drafting and CAD skills through clear, step-by-step video lessons that show you what to do and why it matters at work.

Short CAD Lessons

Use practical guides, drawing examples, reference files, and lesson notes to review key terms, procedures, and common drafting standards.

Study Materials

Check your understanding with short quizzes and assessments before moving forward, so you can spot gaps and build confidence in each skill.

Knowledge Checks

Complete assignments, CAD exercises, and portfolio activities based on real drafting tasks. Build samples that show what you can do when applying for junior roles.

Simple Career Support

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Build practical drafting and CAD skills for entry-level work. Qualified graduates who complete the required training and meet competency standards may be eligible for referral to technical recruiters in our professional network.
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Referral Is Not a Job Guarantee

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Referrals depend on your completed work, assessment results, available openings, and recruiter needs. We cannot promise interviews, placement, or employment.
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A Practical, Affordable Starting Point

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Start with beginner-friendly training built around workplace tasks, redlines, drawing reading, and job-readiness. Learn at a cost designed to make a career change more accessible.
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Learn Drafting From Someone Who Has Done the Work

Jay Cummings brings more than two decades of drafting experience and started at the entry level himself. He built Red 2 Black Academy for beginners who want clear, practical training based on real workplace expectations. You will learn the drawing, CAD, redline, and job-readiness skills that support your first steps toward drafting and engineering-support work.
Your Instructor
I started at the entry level. Our training shows you the practical skills employers expect from a new drafter.

Jay

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