We need a new CAD technician...
Jobs....who else has been in a situation like this...or similar...
who in their right mind would want to get an IT support (been doing support the last 6-7 years) person to do drawings in Autocad that are time critical, vastly complicated, and very confusing...??? 
but been asking questions of the drawing originators.
situation is thus...work has slowed down a bit, and being the last it support person employed, the management felt it would be better to try 'reskill' me rather than let me go...only problem being that i was shunted into the CAD department of the company, and not given any real training, was done as i was doing things; not even in proper environment. as things came up i learnt.
last two weeks been busy on a huge contract, and now they are saying that the drawings are not good enough, too many mistakes etc...
but then again without the CORRECT training, what did they expect, I have only been using Autocad on and off for the past 3-4 months properly; not like MD who has been doing it for the past 20 years!!! as for the department head who runs the dept...10-15 yrs...
AND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON SAYING THIS IN THE CAD SECTION....!!
FFS!!! but just goes to show... at least i tried, and i am not going to ,let that get me down, if i had had the correct training, probably would have been better...
anybody else been there...???
this is why i am looking around at the mo for a new job!!!
rant over......
but been asking questions of the drawing originators.situation is thus...work has slowed down a bit, and being the last it support person employed, the management felt it would be better to try 'reskill' me rather than let me go...only problem being that i was shunted into the CAD department of the company, and not given any real training, was done as i was doing things; not even in proper environment. as things came up i learnt.
last two weeks been busy on a huge contract, and now they are saying that the drawings are not good enough, too many mistakes etc...
but then again without the CORRECT training,
what did they expect, I have only been using Autocad on and off for the past 3-4 months properly; not like MD who has been doing it for the past 20 years!!! as for the department head who runs the dept...10-15 yrs... AND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON SAYING THIS IN THE CAD SECTION....!!
FFS!!! but just goes to show... at least i tried, and i am not going to ,let that get me down, if i had had the correct training, probably would have been better...
anybody else been there...???
this is why i am looking around at the mo for a new job!!!
rant over......
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CAD its a barrel of fun
if you think CAD is an alright, then it maybe worth a few days training, the stuff i took was £200 in great yarmouth and went through using pretty much everything in the software for producing drawing plans, they also did advance courses and the like.
it would seem most companies want to reskill people, where i work the new financial system was put in place called SAP, its a nightmare and to add more problems they get rid of the finance staff and put it through to india! so when your stuck or you get something wrong, rather than finance sorting it out for you now you have to be finance, i used to be technically odd job man, while i enjoy variety, now there is a level of stress involved!
have some training, it maybe something you need to stress to your company, it might make your job easier and therefore worthwhile depending on the money.
if you think CAD is an alright, then it maybe worth a few days training, the stuff i took was £200 in great yarmouth and went through using pretty much everything in the software for producing drawing plans, they also did advance courses and the like.
it would seem most companies want to reskill people, where i work the new financial system was put in place called SAP, its a nightmare and to add more problems they get rid of the finance staff and put it through to india! so when your stuck or you get something wrong, rather than finance sorting it out for you now you have to be finance, i used to be technically odd job man, while i enjoy variety, now there is a level of stress involved!
have some training, it maybe something you need to stress to your company, it might make your job easier and therefore worthwhile depending on the money.
More seriously, I was put through similar hell, but by a boss who doesn't know the first thing about cad, which is just as bad. He just thinks it's a case of a line here, a line there, bit of annotation, job done.
Luckily, I've managed to stop hinm taking on any more civil design work until we get a pro in. I feel for you getting thrown in at the deep end. As Bugsy says, if you like doing cad work (or think you might wioth a bit of training), try to get some, either privately or through work. You can always tell him you'll be much more productive and efficient if you're properly trained. If he doesn't see that, he's clearly an arse, and you'd be better off looking alsewhere, which is a shame.
good luck with it dude.
Luckily, I've managed to stop hinm taking on any more civil design work until we get a pro in. I feel for you getting thrown in at the deep end. As Bugsy says, if you like doing cad work (or think you might wioth a bit of training), try to get some, either privately or through work. You can always tell him you'll be much more productive and efficient if you're properly trained. If he doesn't see that, he's clearly an arse, and you'd be better off looking alsewhere, which is a shame.
good luck with it dude.
Thats shocking. What happened to loyalty?
A good way to learn CAD is to read the manual (I know its bloody huge!) and then try and watch someone who knows their stuff for a while. There's about five different ways of doing the same thing for each cad command, it's just a matter of learning which one gives you the quickest solution. CAD is only a tool though, knowing what to draw is the hardest part (in my line of work anyway). if you're doing 'tracing' (copying something), then you should pick up the software quite quick with a bit of help and the odd training course. If they're expecting you to become a civils draughtsman overnight, then that's a whole different ballgame that will take you a few years to master.
If its just CAD you're trying to master, can you not get a software copy to take home and learn at night? Having a go at the tutorials will help a lot.
Hope that helps. You can always PM me with a cad question anytime (err, 2D only though..)
If its just CAD you're trying to master, can you not get a software copy to take home and learn at night? Having a go at the tutorials will help a lot.
Hope that helps. You can always PM me with a cad question anytime
(err, 2D only though..)
you'll be alright
AutoCad is probably one of the easiest program to learn - it wont take you long to really get to grips with it
but it is very boring and not very satisfying
AutoCad is probably one of the easiest program to learn - it wont take you long to really get to grips with it
but it is very boring and not very satisfying
Company I work for has suddenly realised we need training on the sudden influx of new appliances,though it took an 'incedent' for them to realise this.
Anything to save a few pennies
Anything to save a few pennies
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