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Where a computer-aided design operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a computer-aided design operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Computer-aided design operators use computer hardware and software in order to add the technical dimensions to computer aided design drawings. Computer-aided design operators ensure all additional aspects of the created images of products are accurate and realistic. They also calculate the amount of materials needed to manufacture the products. Later the finalised digital design is processed by computer-aided manufacturing machines that produce the finished product.

Also known as CAD design specialist, CAM operator, computer aided design designer, computer aided manufacturing operator, CAM draftsman, computer aided drafting and design technician, CAID operator, computer aided designer, computer-aided manufacturing draftsman, computer aided industrial manufacturing operator, CAD design designer, CAM technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 83 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from computer-aided design operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a computer-aided design operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

numerical tool and process control programmer 72% covered · difficulty 41

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A computer-aided design operator needs 49 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

create CAD drawings working with computers
trigonometry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
geometry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
design process communication, collaboration and creativity
develop design concept communication, collaboration and creativity
use automatic programming working with computers
graphic design arts and humanities
CoffeeScript information and communication technologies (icts)
Erlang information and communication technologies (icts)
Smalltalk (computer programming) information and communication technologies (icts)

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a computer-aided design operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Computer-aided design operator is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a computer-aided design operator’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.