design engineertoproduct development engineering drafter
A design engineer already meets 58% of what the product development engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
58%
43.1/ 100
1 Share of the product development engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the design 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 product development engineering drafter role treats 9 of its required skills as things a design engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAD software
- circular economy
- create technical plans
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- mathematics
What stands in the way is 7 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A product development engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a design engineer background worth leading with.
- already held design management business, administration and law
- already held build a product's physical model handling and moving
- already held circular economy engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held draw design sketches communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held industrial research and development engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held product data management business, administration and law
All 20 carried skills, including the 9 the product development engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 define part requirements required
- required, not held read engineering drawings required
- required, not held design drawings required
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held industrial engineering optional
- required, not held use manual draughting techniques required
- optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
- optional, not held draw blueprints optional
- required, not held manual draughting techniques required
- required, not held provide technical documentation required
- required, not held use CADD software required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a product development engineering drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 define part requirements skill · sector specific
- 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 20 skills that carry over
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held circular economy knowledge
- already held create technical plans skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held build a product's physical model skill
- already held create a product's virtual model skill
- already held design management knowledge
- already held design principles knowledge
- already held draft design specifications skill
- already held draw design sketches skill
- already held industrial research and development knowledge
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held product data management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
- optional, not held draw blueprints optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held industrial engineering optional
29 held skills the product development engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt to new design materials skill
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of materials skill
- not needed by the target role analyse stress resistance of products skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
- not needed by the target role conduct research on trends in design skill
- not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
- not needed by the target role design power plant systems skill
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role determine suitability of materials skill
- not needed by the target role develop test procedures skill
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
- not needed by the target role interpret technical requirements skill
- not needed by the target role keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes skill
- not needed by the target role manage engineering project skill
- not needed by the target role model based system engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role nuclear physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform scientific research skill
- not needed by the target role perform test run skill
- not needed by the target role prepare production prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role present artistic design proposals skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role record test data skill
- not needed by the target role supervise work on design planning skill
- not needed by the target role thermohydraulics knowledge
- not needed by the target role use testing equipment skill
7 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 mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held industrial engineering 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.