Automotive engineering technician to aerospace engineering drafter
An automotive engineering technician already meets 62% of what the aerospace engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
41.3/ 100
1 How much of what an aerospace engineering drafter is expected to do is already part of an automotive engineering 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 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 13 of its required skills as things an automotive engineering technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- CADD software
- CAE software
- ICT software specifications
- design drawings
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
What stands in the way is 5 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 22 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 technician background worth leading with.
- already held synthetic natural environment natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held use CADD software working with computers
- already held guidance, navigation and control engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held defense system services
- already held CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held product data management business, administration and law
All 22 carried skills, including the 13 the aerospace engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 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 aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn technical drawings required
- optional, not held unmanned air systems optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- still to learn use computer-aided engineering systems required
- still to learn use technical drawing software required
- still to learn create technical plans 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
- optional, not held use manual draughting techniques optional
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
- optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional
3 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 aircraft mechanics study this
- 02 create technical plans practise this
- 03 technical drawings study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 22 skills that carry over
- already held CADD software knowledge
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- 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 mechanics knowledge
- already held multimedia systems knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held use CADD software skill
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held defense system knowledge
- already held guidance, navigation and control knowledge
- already held material mechanics knowledge
- already held physics knowledge
- already held product data management knowledge
- already held synthetic natural environment knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held common aviation safety regulations optional
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held stealth technology optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- 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 3D modelling 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 fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held use manual draughting techniques optional
57 held skills the aerospace engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aerodynamics knowledge
- not needed by the target role airport safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of products skill
- not needed by the target role apply reverse engineering skill
- not needed by the target role assess operating cost skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role check functionality of essential components of airport vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role determine maintenance schedules for airport equipment skill
- not needed by the target role determine production feasibility skill
- not needed by the target role disassemble engines skill
- not needed by the target role disassemble equipment skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with airport security measures skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role follow manufacturer guidelines in use of airport equipment skill
- not needed by the target role follow production schedule skill
- not needed by the target role green automotive technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- not needed by the target role hybrid vehicle architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify airport safety hazards skill
- not needed by the target role inspect data skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical engines skill
- not needed by the target role maintain snow removal equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vehicle electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage airport vehicle licences skill
- not needed by the target role manage airport workshops skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of motor vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate precision measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate testbeds skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role organise vehicle breakdown support skill
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform maintenance on installed equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform physical stress tests on models skill
- not needed by the target role perform preventive maintenance on fire fighting vehicles skill
17 further entries not listed here
9 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 aircraft mechanics required
- still to learn technical drawings 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 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held manual draughting techniques optional
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Common questions about this move
Can an automotive engineering technician become an aerospace engineering drafter?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An automotive engineering technician already covers 62% of what an aerospace engineering drafter is expected to do: 22 skills carry over, 13 of which the aerospace engineering drafter role treats as required.
What skills does an automotive engineering technician need to become an aerospace engineering drafter?
5 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 aircraft mechanics.
How hard is the move from automotive engineering technician to aerospace engineering drafter?
Its learning distance is 41.3 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.