Where an automotive engineering drafter can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an automotive engineering drafter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Automotive engineering drafters convert the automotive engineers’ designs into technical drawings usually using software. Their drawings detail dimensions, fastening and assembling methods and other specifications used in the manufacture of automotive components, cars, buses, trucks and other motor vehicles.
Also known as automotive drafting specialist, automotive drafting expert, automotive draftsperson, automotive draughter, automotive drafter, automotive drafting adviser, automotive engineering draftsperson, automotive drafting consultant, automotive engineering draughtsperson, automotive draughtsperson, automotive engineering draughter, motor vehicle engineering drafter.
Technicians and associate professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: aerospace engineering drafter, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- aerospace engineering drafter 78% covered · difficulty 25.6
- product development engineering drafter 69% covered · difficulty 32.7
- mechanical engineering drafter 63% covered · difficulty 37
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter 63% covered · difficulty 45.1
- civil drafter 57% covered · difficulty 46.9
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An automotive engineering drafter needs 19 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- hybrid vehicle architecture engineering, manufacturing and construction
- green automotive technologies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- use CADD software working with computers
- manual draughting techniques arts and humanities
- use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
- 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)
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an automotive engineering drafter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- drafter 78% covered · difficulty 26.1
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter 71% covered · difficulty 33.6
- automotive engineering technician 65% covered · difficulty 37.4
- product development engineering drafter 62% covered · difficulty 42.3
- civil drafter 58% covered · difficulty 46
- automotive designer 57% covered · difficulty 46.1
- powertrain engineer 54% covered · difficulty 48.6
- mechanical engineering drafter 49% covered · difficulty 54.4
- material stress analyst 45% covered · difficulty 56.9
- engineering assistant 24% covered · difficulty 73.7
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Automotive engineering drafter is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an automotive 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.