Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

automotive engineering draftertoaerospace engineering drafter

A automotive engineering drafter already meets 78% of what the aerospace engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From automotive engineering drafter
78%
Overlap1
To aerospace engineering drafter
32 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
25.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Very strong match

78%

Learning distance Short step

25.6/ 100

1 Share of the aerospace engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the automotive engineering drafter 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

Why this move works

A aerospace engineering drafter role treats 14 of its required skills as things a automotive engineering drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • CAE software
  • ICT software specifications
  • create technical plans
  • design drawings
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aerospace engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a automotive engineering drafter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held synthetic natural environment natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held use CADD software working with computers
  • already held manual draughting techniques arts and humanities
  • already held archive documentation related to work information skills
  • already held guidance, navigation and control engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held render 3D images communication, collaboration and creativity

All 32 carried skills, including the 14 the aerospace engineering drafter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held aircraft mechanics required
  • required, not held mechanics required
  • optional, not held unmanned air systems optional
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
02 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held multimedia systems required
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held CADD software required
04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held common aviation safety regulations optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held define part requirements optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held stealth technology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aerospace 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 32 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held CAE software knowledge
  • already held ICT software specifications knowledge
  • already held create technical plans skill
  • already held design drawings 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 CADD software skill
  • already held use computer-aided engineering systems 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 archive documentation related to work skill
  • already held create a product's virtual model skill
  • already held defense system knowledge
  • already held develop assembly instructions skill
  • already held draw blueprints skill
  • already held electromechanics knowledge
  • already held guidance, navigation and control knowledge
  • already held manual draughting techniques knowledge
  • already held material mechanics knowledge
  • already held physics knowledge
  • already held product data management knowledge
  • already held render 3D images skill
  • already held synthetic natural environment knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use manual draughting techniques skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held common aviation safety regulations optional
  • optional, not held define part requirements optional
  • optional, not held stealth technology optional
  • optional, not held unmanned air systems optional
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
4 held skills the aerospace engineering drafter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role green automotive technologies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hybrid vehicle architecture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanics of motor vehicles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held CADD software required
  • required, not held aircraft mechanics required
  • required, not held mechanics required
  • required, not held multimedia systems required
  • optional, not held common aviation safety regulations optional
  • optional, not held stealth technology optional
  • optional, not held unmanned air systems optional
  • optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
Index
Note

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.