Where a product development engineering drafter can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a product development engineering drafter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Product development engineering drafters design and draw blueprints to bring new concepts and products to life. They draft and draw detailed plans on how to manufacture a product.
Also known as product development engineering draftsperson, product development engineering drafting expert, product development engineering drafting adviser, product development engineering drafting specialist, product development engineering draughtsperson, product development engineering draughter, product development engineering drafting consultant.
Technicians and associate professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: mechanical engineering drafter, 68%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- mechanical engineering drafter 68% covered · difficulty 31.5
- rolling stock engineering drafter 68% covered · difficulty 34.2
- automotive engineering drafter 62% covered · difficulty 42.3
- civil drafter 59% covered · difficulty 45.7
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter 57% covered · difficulty 50.1
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A product development engineering drafter needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- define part requirements information skills
- use CADD software working with computers
- manual draughting techniques arts and humanities
- use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- circular economy engineering, manufacturing and construction
- provide technical documentation management skills
- create technical plans management skills
- design drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
- CAD software information and communication technologies (icts)
- read engineering drawings information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a product development engineering drafter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- drafter 80% covered · difficulty 21.9
- aerospace engineering drafter 74% covered · difficulty 27.8
- rolling stock engineering drafter 74% covered · difficulty 27.8
- heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter 72% covered · difficulty 29.8
- automotive engineering drafter 69% covered · difficulty 32.7
- marine engineering drafter 69% covered · difficulty 32.7
- civil drafter 66% covered · difficulty 35.6
- electromechanical drafter 60% covered · difficulty 40.7
- mechanical engineering drafter 59% covered · difficulty 42.1
- design engineer 58% covered · difficulty 43.1
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Product development 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 a product development 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.