Automotive engineering drafter to aerospace engineering drafter
An 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.
25.6/ 100
1 How much of what an aerospace engineering drafter is expected to do is already part of an automotive 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 drafter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aerospace engineering drafter role treats 14 of its required skills as things an automotive engineering drafter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aerospace engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an automotive engineering drafter background worth leading with.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 6 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 aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn mechanics required
- optional, not held unmanned air systems optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- still to learn multimedia systems required
- still to learn CADD software required
- optional, not held common aviation safety regulations optional
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
- optional, not held stealth technology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an 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 · The rest of the record
All 32 skills that carry over
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn CADD software required
- still to learn aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn mechanics required
- still to learn 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
Other moves recorded from automotive engineering drafter
Common questions about this move
Can an automotive engineering drafter become an aerospace engineering drafter?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. An automotive engineering drafter already covers 78% of what an aerospace engineering drafter is expected to do: 32 skills carry over, 14 of which the aerospace engineering drafter role treats as required.
What skills does an automotive engineering drafter need to become an aerospace engineering drafter?
4 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is CADD software.
How hard is the move from automotive engineering drafter to aerospace engineering drafter?
Its learning distance is 25.6 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.