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    VAs for irrigation design

    More designs out the door. Less time at the drafting table.

    Plans, hydraulic calcs and product schedules are detailed CAD work that slows your whole pipeline. Your StaffPilot irrigation design VA drafts in AutoCAD and Civil 3D to your standards across Rain Bird, Hunter and Toro lines, so you turn quotes into designs faster and take on more projects.

    AutoCADCivil 3DRain BirdHunterToro
    Your VA's dayLive
    • Drafted the irrigation layout for the Mount Barker oval in AutoCAD
    • Ran the hydraulic calcs and sized mainlines and laterals
    • Built the Rain Bird product schedule and head layout
    • Marked up the as-built revisions from site photos
    • Prepared the design pack and BoM ready for your review
    Sound familiar?

    The three things eating your week.

    Design is your bottleneck.

    Every project waits on CAD time, and you can only draft so many hours a day.

    Calcs and schedules eat the clock.

    Hydraulic sizing and product schedules are fiddly, repetitive and slow to do by hand.

    You turn away work.

    Your pipeline is capped by drafting capacity, not by demand.

    What they'll do, day one

    Eight jobs off your plate, this month.

    Irrigation plan drafting in AutoCAD and Civil 3D
    Hydraulic calculations and mainline/lateral sizing
    Product schedules across Rain Bird, Hunter and Toro
    Head layout and coverage planning
    Bills of materials and parts lists
    As-built mark-ups and revisions
    Design pack assembly and titleblocks
    Quote and tender drawing support
    A candidate you could meet next week

    Aldrin M.

    Irrigation Design VA · 6 yrs experience

    AutoCADCivil 3DRain BirdHydraulic calcs
    CAD drafting9.4 / 10
    Hydraulic design9.1 / 10
    AU work setup verifiedPassed
    The maths

    A Irrigation Designer, by the numbers.

    Full-time, typical AU band. All-inclusive: super, on-costs, the lot.

    Local hire
    $104,000
    per year
    StaffPilot
    from $38,400
    per year
    You keep
    from $65,600
    ≈ 63% saved
    "Our designer VA drafts the plans and runs the calcs. I review and send. Doubled our design output."
    StaffPilot client, irrigation design
    Questions, answered

    Common questions about Irrigation Design VAs.

    Do your VAs know irrigation product lines?+

    Yes, they work across Rain Bird, Hunter and Toro catalogues and build schedules and head layouts to your specification.

    Which CAD software do they use?+

    AutoCAD and Civil 3D are standard, working to your titleblocks, layers and drafting standards. Tell us your setup in the brief.

    Can they do hydraulic calculations?+

    Yes, mainline and lateral sizing, pressure and flow calcs, and coverage planning are core skills for our irrigation designers.

    Will the drawings match our standards?+

    Your VA works to your templates, layer conventions and titleblocks. Most firms run a short calibration on the first project, then move to review-and-send.

    What's the saving vs a local designer?+

    A local irrigation designer runs about $104,000 a year all-in. A StaffPilot VA starts from $34,800, roughly 67% less. Run the calculator for your exact numbers.

    Ready to meet your Irrigation Design VA?

    Brief us in 2 minutes. Shortlist in 5 days. Free replacement, no lock-in.