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.
Technicians and associate professionals 69 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: marine engineering technician, 70%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- marine engineering technician 70% covered · difficulty 38.7
- mechanical engineering drafter 70% covered · difficulty 30.7
- product development engineering drafter 69% covered · difficulty 32.7
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter 65% covered · difficulty 43
- civil drafter 59% covered · difficulty 45.7
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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.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a marine engineering 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.