Aerospace engineering drafter to aerospace engineering technician
An aerospace engineering drafter already meets 61% of what the aerospace engineering technician role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.5/ 100
1 How much of what an aerospace engineering technician is expected to do is already part of an aerospace engineering drafter’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 aerospace engineering technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aerospace engineering technician role treats 15 of its required skills as things an aerospace engineering drafter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- CAE software
- ICT software specifications
- adjust engineering designs
- aircraft mechanics
- common aviation safety regulations
- engineering principles
What stands in the way is 3 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aerospace engineering technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aerospace engineering drafter background worth leading with.
- already held stealth technology services
- already held unmanned air systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held synthetic natural environment natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held guidance, navigation and control engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held defense system services
- already held fluid mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 23 carried skills, including the 15 the aerospace engineering technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 7 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 ensure aircraft compliance with regulation required
- still to learn follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety required
- optional, not held guarantee customer satisfaction optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- still to learn troubleshoot required
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held write inspection reports optional
- optional, not held write stress-strain analysis reports optional
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held analyse stress resistance of products optional
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- optional, not held inspect data optional
- optional, not held perform physical stress tests on models optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held disassemble engines optional
- optional, not held re-assemble engines optional
- optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional
- optional, not held disassemble equipment optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held follow production schedule optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held plan manufacturing processes optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aerospace engineering technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure aircraft compliance with regulation practise this
- 02 follow industry codes of practice for aviation safety practise this
- 03 troubleshoot practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held aircraft mechanics knowledge
- already held common aviation safety regulations 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 material mechanics knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held multimedia systems knowledge
- already held physics knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held defense system knowledge
- already held fluid mechanics knowledge
- already held guidance, navigation and control knowledge
- already held stealth technology knowledge
- already held synthetic natural environment knowledge
- already held unmanned air systems knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
24 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held disassemble engines optional
- optional, not held guarantee customer satisfaction optional
- optional, not held position engine on test stand optional
- optional, not held re-assemble engines optional
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held analyse stress resistance of products optional
- optional, not held assess operating cost optional
- optional, not held calibrate electronic instruments optional
- optional, not held disassemble equipment optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held follow production schedule optional
- optional, not held inspect data optional
- optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
- optional, not held manage supplies optional
- optional, not held operate precision measuring equipment optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held perform physical stress tests on models optional
- optional, not held perform test run optional
- optional, not held plan manufacturing processes optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
- optional, not held write inspection reports optional
- optional, not held write stress-strain analysis reports optional
18 held skills the aerospace engineering technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
- not needed by the target role create a product's virtual model skill
- not needed by the target role create technical plans skill
- not needed by the target role define part requirements skill
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop assembly instructions skill
- not needed by the target role draw blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role manual draughting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role product data management knowledge
- not needed by the target role render 3D images skill
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role use CADD software skill
- not needed by the target role use computer-aided engineering systems skill
- not needed by the target role use manual draughting techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use technical drawing software skill
Other moves recorded from aerospace engineering drafter
Common questions about this move
Can an aerospace engineering drafter become an aerospace engineering technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An aerospace engineering drafter already covers 61% of what an aerospace engineering technician is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 15 of which the aerospace engineering technician role treats as required.
What skills does an aerospace engineering drafter need to become an aerospace engineering technician?
3 required skills are missing, plus 24 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is ensure aircraft compliance with regulation.
How hard is the move from aerospace engineering drafter to aerospace engineering technician?
Its learning distance is 44.5 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.