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Things that raise your pay

• Structural steel detailing

  Drawing every bolt and connection for a fabricator. Specialised, in short supply, and the best paid drafting work in Canada.

• BIM (building information modelling) coordination

  Running the shared 3D model so the ducts do not hit the beams. A job title of its own now.

• Piping and plant design

  Refineries, mines and power plants. Alberta pays a premium for it.

• Laser scanning

  Scanning an existing building and turning the point cloud into a model.

• GD&T (geometric dimensioning and tolerancing)

  The language for specifying how exact a machined part has to be.