Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a architectural drafter can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a architectural drafter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Architectural drafters make drawings of the specifications and ideas provided by architects. They draw architectural drawings using computer-aided equipment and software, or using conventional methods like paper and pen.

Technicians and associate professionals 47 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: civil drafter, 61%

civil drafter 61% covered mechanical engineering drafter 52% covered printed circuit board designer 51% covered product development engineeri… 48% covered drafter 47% covered architectural drafter You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from architectural drafter. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a architectural drafter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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architectural drafter is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a architectural drafter already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.