Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a marine engineering drafter can go next

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

Marine engineering drafters convert the marine engineers’ designs into technical drawings usually using software. Their drawings detail dimensions, fastening and assembling methods and other specifications used in the manufacture of all types of boats from pleasure crafts to naval vessels, including submarines.

Also known as marine draughter, naval engineering drafter, marine draftsperson, marine drafter, shipbuilding drafter, marine engineering drafting specialist, marine engineering drafting expert, marine engineering draughter, marine engineering drafting adviser, marine draughtsperson, marine engineering draftsperson, marine engineering drafting consultant.

Technicians and associate professionals 69 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: marine engineering technician, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
marine engineering technician 70% covered mechanical engineering drafter 70% covered product development engineeri… 69% covered heating, ventilation, air con… 65% covered civil drafter 59% covered marine engineering drafter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from marine engineering drafter, 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 marine engineering drafter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A marine 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.

Required skill Area
  • naval architecture engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • use CADD software working with computers
  • CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
  • mechanics of vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • 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

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a marine engineering drafter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Marine engineering drafter 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 marine 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.