aerodynamics engineertorolling stock engineering drafter
A aerodynamics engineer already meets 51% of what the rolling stock engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
51%
48.9/ 100
1 Share of the rolling stock engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aerodynamics engineer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A rolling stock engineering drafter role treats 10 of its required skills as things a aerodynamics engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAE software
- ICT software specifications
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- liaise with engineers
What stands in the way is 6 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 14 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 aerodynamics engineer background worth leading with.
- already held mechanics of trains engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held material mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held ICT software specifications information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held CAE software information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
- already held physics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the rolling stock engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held use CADD software required
- required, not held use computer-aided engineering systems required
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- required, not held use manual draughting techniques 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
- required, not held design drawings required
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- required, not held create technical plans required
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- required, not held manual draughting techniques required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
4 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.
- 01 create technical plans skill · cross sector
- 02 design drawings knowledge · cross sector
- 03 manual draughting techniques knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held material mechanics knowledge
- already held mechanics of trains knowledge
- already held physics knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held control compliance of railway vehicles regulations optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held 3D modelling 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 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held CAD software 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 product data management optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
21 held skills the rolling stock engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aerodynamics knowledge
- not needed by the target role aircraft mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of products skill
- not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
- not needed by the target role bicycle mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer simulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
- not needed by the target role determine production feasibility skill
- not needed by the target role engine components knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate engine performance skill
- not needed by the target role examine engineering principles skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics of motor vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics of vessels knowledge
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role operation of different engines knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role thermodynamics knowledge
- not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held design drawings required
- required, not held manual draughting techniques required
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
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.