3D printing technician to rolling stock engineering drafter
A 3D printing technician already meets 42% of what the rolling stock engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
57/ 100
1 How much of what a rolling stock engineering drafter is expected to do is already part of a 3D printing technician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the rolling stock engineering drafter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A rolling stock engineering drafter role treats 8 of its required skills as things a 3D printing technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ICT software specifications
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- manual draughting techniques
- mathematics
- technical drawings
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rolling stock engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a 3D printing technician background worth leading with.
- already held manual draughting techniques arts and humanities
- already held use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held 3D modelling natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held create technical plans management skills
- already held ICT software specifications information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held design drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the rolling stock engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn engineering processes required
- still to learn engineering principles required
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
- still to learn execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- still to learn read engineering drawings required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
- still to learn use CADD software required
- still to learn use computer-aided engineering systems required
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- still to learn liaise with engineers required
- optional, not held create a product's virtual model optional
- optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
- optional, not held draw blueprints optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- still to learn CAE software required
- optional, not held control compliance of railway vehicles regulations optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a rolling stock engineering drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- already held create technical plans skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held manual draughting techniques knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use manual draughting techniques skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held 3D modelling knowledge
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held use CAD software skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- optional, not held physics optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held control compliance of railway vehicles regulations optional
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- optional, not held create a product's virtual model optional
- optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
- optional, not held draw blueprints optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
26 held skills the rolling stock engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
- not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise client on technical possibilities skill
- not needed by the target role blueprints knowledge
- not needed by the target role calculate materials to build equipment skill
- not needed by the target role clean equipment skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role determine suitability of materials skill
- not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintenance of printing machines knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintenance operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
- not needed by the target role operate 3D computer graphics software skill
- not needed by the target role operate printing machinery skill
- not needed by the target role printing materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role printing on large scale machines knowledge
- not needed by the target role printing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
- not needed by the target role prosthetic devices knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn engineering processes required
- still to learn CAE software required
- still to learn engineering principles required
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
Common questions about this move
Can a 3D printing technician become a rolling stock engineering drafter?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A 3D printing technician already covers 42% of what a rolling stock engineering drafter is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 8 of which the rolling stock engineering drafter role treats as required.
What skills does a 3D printing technician need to become a rolling stock engineering drafter?
8 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is engineering processes.
How hard is the move from 3D printing technician to rolling stock engineering drafter?
Its learning distance is 57 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.