Any drafters/autocad out there?

Yes.

So go there and let them train you.

I did this decades ago.

But I was a drafter before there was ever any CAD.

I've learned a dozen CAD systems.

And before all of that, I had drafting in jr. high school, high school and college.

But you can get around needing lots of drafting classes.

It sounds like you have little experience in the working world. If you decide to take the job interview tell them that you have little experience in drafting and are willing to learn if they are willing to support you while you do and are willing to let you take classes learning what and how to learn it.

It will take you six months to learn the basics, nine months to become semi proficient and a year to become dangerous, just kidding. It is a long haul but if you like it it is a wonderful opportunity to advance on their dime. You will gain many things, mostly experience in the working world and possibly a rewarding career. You will be taking classes and learning for the rest of your life so accept that and go for it if you really want to apply yourself and learn and enjoy it.

You could take a Vocational Aptitude Test (VAT) to find out/ convince yourself that it is the strongest field for you to pursue. You can take the VAT  at most libraries for free.

Good luck with it.

you can't hope to learn how to swim without getting into water.

you are getting a chance grab it.

be grateful that  "they're willing to train someone with no experience or education.."

I would install nanoCAD (free and well featured), a 2D drafting program, to get 2D drafting experience. nanoCAD is fairly similar to AutoCAD (the typed commands are mostly the same). Find some tutorials on drafting and get a bit of experience (mainly learning CAD lingo) before going to the interview.

Anyone with a bit of common sense and in your case the practical experience of working with construction drawings should be able to pick of computer aided drafting easily. Since you have no experience in that area they won't expect you to do it all the first day or two. You will also find there are tutorials to help you learn how to navigate the system.

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The only down side might be the fact that you will be tied to a desk most of the time but with you construction experience you may find they will send you out to job sites to trouble shoot things.

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This could be a great chance for you so if I were you I would give it a go.

When the job is very specific, like using a particular autocad, then as long as the training is adequate you should be ok. Even if someone is used to CAD systems they still need time to pick up any given new package. It would be different for a job where you are expected to have a broad technical understanding but this sounds specific enough that they can train you up and then you are good to go.

I would hunt around for some free draughting packages (there may even be  a free cut down version of the one they use) and tutorials on the internet, just to gain some confidence and background idea of what it entails.

Even if you don't have a laptop or computer to run a program, you may find watching / reading the tutorials will give you some idea of what it is like.

there are infinite resources to learn it on google