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Engineering and Drafting in North Carolina
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In short
North Carolina students earn Autodesk and CSWA credentials in drafting courses that count as graduation math, though not as the fourth math UNC campuses require.
State program: IC61 Drafting I Honors, IV22 Drafting II-Engineering Honors, IV23; PLTW CE10-CE18; TED CT10-CT12; CIP not published
What a high school can deliver
ACU AutoCAD, ACU Inventor, ACU Fusion and CSWA through the drafting courses; drafting courses can count as graduation math. No license applies.
Credentials students can earn
IC61: ACU AutoCAD; IV22: ACU Inventor, ACU Fusion, CSWA; CT10: none; PLTW CE courses and IV23 ()
Age and hour requirements
None for students; drafting has no state license.
Other agencies involved
None.
Who can teach it
820 Technology Engineering and Design (related bachelor's plus 2 years and a specialty exam) or 74070 T&I-Drafting (bachelor's plus 2, associate plus 4, or diploma plus 6 years; CSWA-Academic or ACU Inventor plus ACU AutoCAD and Revit before the initial license expires); license for PLTW courses: Confirm with the agency.
Child labor rules for work placements
Youth employment certificate for all under 18. No shop-machine bar beyond federal rules; the state bars 10-foot fall work (confined spaces: Confirm with NCDOL).
College credit after high school
On the HS-to-CC Articulation Agreement: Drafting I (IC61) to DFT-111 and DFT-111A; Drafting II-Architectural (IC62) to DFT-115, DFT-119 or ARC-114; Drafting II-Engineering (IV22) to DFT-151. PLTW and Technology Engineering and Design courses are not on it. Career and College Promise dual enrollment.
Where to go next
- The full Engineering and Drafting guide, showing North Carolina
- The North Carolina state profile
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