Jop, thank you for your elaborate reply. I will read the mentioned material in addition to the material I’m already reading. I guess your sentence “You will not understand all of it but over time it will become clear.” is the reason why I posted here in the first place. I also understand that the tools are not as important as the actual knowledge and experience of the person working with them, I did the PDMS course because it looked interesting and now I want to learn more about the area it was created for. Actually, looking back, I should have started off with a course in technical drawing and piping.
By the way, you say “Anyone who does not know or does not apply the knowledge about these issues while doing piping work is nothing more than a piping drafter or a CAD operator.” I find the terms piping designer and drafter confusing, probably because everywhere I look they are used in conjunction, in addition to the term piping engineer. In a book I read that of old one would start out as a drafter, and from there on after many years of gaining experience became a designer.
But the conclusion is a drafter is someone who draws technical drawings without actual knowledge, and a designer actually knows what he/she is drawing?
Since of old experience is gained by working with the subject, I’m wondering at what point one can step up to a company and try to get a job in the area of piping. I know I’m light-years from this point, but I’m just curious how this market works today.
