Structural Steel Detail Drawing For Light Industrial Buildings Training

Learning Outcomes

• Interpret architectural and structural engineering sketches to extract steelwork requirements for light industrial buildings.
• Apply standard detailing conventions, symbols, and abbreviations in accordance with SANS 10163 and relevant codes.
• Prepare detailed fabrication drawings for structural steel members, including beams, columns, bracing, and connections.
• Generate erection drawings showing assembly sequences, bolt schedules, and welding symbols.
• Demonstrate the use of computer-aided design (CAD) software to produce accurate 2D and 3D steel detail drawings.
• Evaluate drawings for dimensional accuracy, material specifications, and compliance with project requirements.

Target Audience

This course is designed for drafters, detailers, and technicians in the steel construction industry, as well as engineering graduates seeking practical detailing skills. It is also suitable for site supervisors and project managers who need to interpret structural steel drawings.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, a basic understanding of engineering drawings and mathematics is recommended.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals are essential for learners to apply theoretical knowledge in hands-on CAD and 3D modelling exercises, producing real fabrication drawings and bills of materials under supervision. These sessions ensure competence in the core skills of structural steel detailing.

Practical Activities

• CAD Basics and 2D Detailing — Learners practice basic CAD commands and produce 2D drawings of simple steel connections and components. (20h)
• 3D Modelling of Structural Frame — Learners model a complete light industrial building frame in 3D, including columns, beams, bracing, and connections. (24h)
• Fabrication Drawing Production — Learners extract fabrication drawings from the 3D model, produce single-part and assembly drawings with full detailing. (20h)
• Bill of Materials and Quality Check — Learners create a bill of materials from the model and perform a quality check on their drawings. (16h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.