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name: heating-ventilation-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration-drafter
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter' (also: heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration drafter, \u200bheating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration draughter, HVACR draughtsperson, HVACR drafting specialist, heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineering draughter, HVACR draughter). Use when the user asks for typical heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter work such as: typical heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter responsibilities"
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# Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (And Refrigeration) Drafter

Heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafters create prototypes and sketches, technical details, and aesthetic briefings provided by engineers for the creation of drawings, usually computer aided, of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and possibly refrigeration systems. They can draft for all kinds of projects where these systems can be used.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- CAD software
- CAE software
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- domestic cooling systems
- electric heating systems
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts
- liaise with engineers
- manual draughting techniques
- mathematics
- read engineering drawings
- technical drawings
- types of heat pumps

## Hot technologies

- Apache Hadoop
- Atlassian JIRA
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- C++
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
- Extensible markup language XML
- JavaScript
- JUnit
- Linux
- Microsoft Access

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/defbf906-e823-44b4-872f-99406c51022b), O*NET 30.3 (17-3021.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*