mwg
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Anyone on here a CAD technician using AutoCAD?
What qualifications do you have? How big a company do you work for?
After an idea on how much people are getting paid for this sort of work aswell if people dont mind putting it up on here that is.
I've just got my HNC in Civil Engineering, also have an ONC in Building Studies and a City & Guilds in AutoCAD so trying to work out what a reasonable wage would be for me...
edit - u2u me if you dont want to discuss on here.
Thanks 
[Edited on 17-11-2006 by Matty G]
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a_j_mair
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i am a senior technician
work in small office 4 people
me
boss (doesnt use computer)
boy, training (college day release)
secretary
I have an HND in architectural technology
have been in office 2.5 yrs
on site since 15 (on and off)
I am running all drawing side of office
i am 22
get paid 16k
just bout to ask for 18k in next week
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JM_16v
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 thought youd be on more than that a_j_mair
ive got ND Construction, and in my final year of HNC construction.
i get 14k with no site experience and working as a trainee estimator for 1 year. im only 19.
but im going upto 17k in June
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Bri-SRi
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Im currently trying to get a job as a CAD technician got some qualifactions in 2D and 3D but no one is intrested they all want experience!
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mwg
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Bloody hell I am being well under paid!!!
I'm on min wage as an apprentice at the mo!
I will be looking at near enough doubling my wage or going elsewhere I think...
I'm 22 and have 5 years CAD experience plus my qualifications.
Only problem is I have been held back alot working where I am now so my 5 years experience probably isn't half of what most peoples is. Dont get to put my own ideas into anything, just basically treated like a machine and always told what to do rather than given the experience to start doing things myself! 
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mairget paid 16k
just bout to ask for 18k in next week
eek, really?
that makes me feel better.
I joined the company im with now (Bridges Electrical) as a trainee Electrical Design Engineer.
They paid for me to do a HNC in Plant and Process Principles (engineering) which i passed very well.
Ive been with them for just over 3 years. I started on a very low wage, and now im on 22k. was on 18k 7 months ago.
Im not the boss in my office, i certainly dont know half as much as the other 2 design engineers, but they are much old than myself and have much more experience.
a_j you should be on more than by a long shot, if your ONLY doing that, and not in charge of anything else or have any other responsabilities, i would expect you to be on atleast 25k -28k.
You should be asking for 20k not 18 if you want 18.
check out my posts, i was in a very similar position to you.
My Annual Wage Review at xmas (earning 14k prior to that)
My Wage Review result
and since i left college, its now 22k with 2 extra days hols.
[Edited on 17-11-2006 by Bart]
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Bart
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speaking from experience guys, a printed out CV and an excellent cover note goes a long way.
If i was you, i would search online for companies that may do what your interested in, and view their website etc and post your CV/Cover note out of the blue.
We occasionally get them here and it shows alot of willing.
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Brett
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You lot are loonies, CAD engineers here get min £25 per hour, and that could just be a tracer. A full blown say Electrical Engineer who uses CAD will get between £40-60 per hour.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
You lot are loonies, CAD engineers here get min £25 per hour, and that could just be a tracer. A full blown say Electrical Engineer who uses CAD will get between £40-60 per hour.
not sure what world you live in, but it aint this one.
Not outside of london anyway.
All the big companies i see advertising for CAD techs are paying in the 20's saleries
although, let me know if you see a job online for a CAD Tech and not the Design Project Manager
[Edited on 17-11-2006 by Bart]
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
You lot are loonies, CAD engineers here get min £25 per hour, and that could just be a tracer. A full blown say Electrical Engineer who uses CAD will get between £40-60 per hour.
not sure what world you live in, but it aint this one.
Not outside of london anyway.
All the big companies i see advertising for CAD techs are paying in the 20's saleries
 Fair enough, i'll just stay in my well paid world then. How the fuck you think i've got an 05 STI Impreza at 22?! 
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mwg
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What do tracers do these days?
I know in the past before CAD they were the people that traced the drawings after the actual draughtsman had done them.
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
What do tracers do these days?
I know in the past before CAD they were the people that traced the drawings after the actual draughtsman had done them.
Still the same, just put them in CAD
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mwg
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Ah right. They copy from paper into CAD.
I do that at work sometimes when people send drawings through that have been done by hand (some of the Architects still in the stone ages round here)
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Bart
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http://www.jobsite.co.uk/
cad technician, (not senior cad tech) all in the 20-30k
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/
cad technician, (not senior cad tech) all in the 20-30k
I must be lying then because jobsite is the be all and end all isnt it
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Bart
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nope. was an example
and i aint saying your lieing, just that i havent came accross many that pay that well.
[Edited on 17-11-2006 by Bart]
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mwg
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I think my boss would be pretty buggered if I left as I do the majority of CAD work and have the most experience in the office aswell. So he is going to have to start paying me well if he wants to keep me here.
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a_j_mair
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wages up here are nothing like what they are down south and in the big citys
i may be the senior technician but still have alot to learn. i used to be sitting in the corner as a CAD monkey at my last office, best thing i ever did was move.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Fair enough, i'll just stay in my well paid world then. How the fuck you think i've got an 05 STI Impreza at 22?!
maybe you leave at home with your parents still?
I live with the misses, and between us we have a brand new 3 story house, new bmw 3 series and new audi TT quatro 
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Fair enough, i'll just stay in my well paid world then. How the fuck you think i've got an 05 STI Impreza at 22?!
maybe you leave at home with your parents still?
I live with the misses, and between us we have a brand new 3 story house, new bmw 3 series and new audi TT quatro
Parents, yeh sure
We'll just leave it here now, you're obviously doing well for yourself so no need to u2u me 
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a_j_mair
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty G
I think my boss would be pretty buggered if I left as I do the majority of CAD work and have the most experience in the office aswell. So he is going to have to start paying me well if he wants to keep me here.
im am also in the same situation, just got a payrise of over £2k 6 months ago
if i left the company would really be up shit creek. Is just a small company so never going to get a huge wage.
will see what next week brings
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mwg
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I need a payrise of 5k min.
I know I cant get the same wages some of these places in the big cities give out but I have an idea of what I should be on now and its alot more than I am currently!!!
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RichR
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I'll let you know at 6.00 tonight. Although I'm going for a Naval Archtecture/CAD Engineer job
interviews at 3pm
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a_j_mair
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i have just worked out £10ph is 18.5k
sounds good enough to me
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
i have just worked out £10ph is 18.5k
sounds good enough to me
Ask for 20k.
Are you salaried? sounds like you do short hours to!
Im contracted 8-5pm, but its usually 7.15 till 5.15
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