used to avoid the masculine implication of draftsman
draftsperson in American English
(ˈdræftsˌpɜːrsən, ˈdrɑːfts-)
noun
a person employed in making mechanical drawings, esp. in an architectural or engineering firm
Word origin
[drafts(man) + -person]-person is a combining form of person, replacing in existing compound words such paired, gender-specific forms as -man and -woman or -er and -ess. Other words that use the affix -person include: chairperson, salesperson, waitperson