Where an aerospace engineering drafter can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an aerospace engineering drafter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Aerospace engineering drafters convert the aerospace engineers' designs into technical drawings usually using computer-aided design programs. Their drawings detail dimensions, fastening and assembling methods and other specifications used in the manufacture of aircrafts and spacecrafts.
Also known as aerospace draftsperson, aerospace draughtsperson, aerospace draughter, aeronautical draughter, aerospace engineering draughting specialist, aerospace engineering draughtsperson, aerospace engineering draughting adviser, aerospace engineering draughting expert, aerospace engineering draughting consultant.
Technicians and associate professionals 41 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: product development engineering drafter, 74%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- product development engineering drafter 74% covered · difficulty 27.8
- mechanical engineering drafter 72% covered · difficulty 28.8
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter 65% covered · difficulty 43
- marine engineering drafter 63% covered · difficulty 47.2
- aerospace engineering technician 61% covered · difficulty 44.5
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An aerospace engineering drafter needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- use CADD software working with computers
- CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
- use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
- aircraft mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- multimedia systems arts and humanities
- create technical plans management skills
- ICT software specifications information and communication technologies (icts)
- design drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
- CAE software information and communication technologies (icts)
- execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an aerospace engineering drafter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- automotive engineering drafter 78% covered · difficulty 25.6
- rolling stock engineering drafter 75% covered · difficulty 28.8
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter 66% covered · difficulty 38.7
- automotive engineering technician 62% covered · difficulty 41.3
- aerodynamics engineer 54% covered · difficulty 49.1
- material stress analyst 53% covered · difficulty 50.1
- mechanical engineer 52% covered · difficulty 51.4
- automotive designer 48% covered · difficulty 54.4
- mechanical engineering drafter 48% covered · difficulty 55
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an aerospace engineering drafter’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.