Drafter to automotive engineering drafter
A drafter already meets 78% of what the automotive engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
26.1/ 100
1 How much of what an automotive engineering drafter is expected to do is already part of a 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 automotive engineering drafter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An automotive engineering drafter role treats 16 of its required skills as things a 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 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An automotive engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a drafter background worth leading with.
- 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 render 3D images communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
All 26 carried skills, including the 16 the automotive engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 5 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 green automotive technologies required
- still to learn hybrid vehicle architecture required
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- still to learn use computer-aided engineering systems required
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
- optional, not held defense system optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an automotive engineering drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 green automotive technologies study this
- 02 hybrid vehicle architecture study this
- 03 use computer-aided engineering systems 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 26 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 manual draughting techniques knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use CADD software skill
- already held use manual draughting techniques 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 develop assembly instructions skill
- already held draw blueprints skill
- already held electromechanics knowledge
- already held physics knowledge
- already held render 3D images skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held defense system optional
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
64 held skills the automotive engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise client on technical possibilities skill
- not needed by the target role advise on architectural matters skill
- not needed by the target role advise on building matters skill
- not needed by the target role aesthetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role architectural design knowledge
- not needed by the target role blueprints knowledge
- not needed by the target role building codes knowledge
- not needed by the target role calculate materials to build equipment skill
- not needed by the target role cartography knowledge
- not needed by the target role check architectural drawings on site skill
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with construction crews skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
- not needed by the target role construction methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult with design team skill
- not needed by the target role create architectural sketches skill
- not needed by the target role create electrical wiring diagram skill
- not needed by the target role customise drafts skill
- not needed by the target role design circuits using CAD skill
- not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electromechanical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role design transportation systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop a specific interior design skill
- not needed by the target role draft bill of materials skill
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
- not needed by the target role draw prop sketches skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring diagrams knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role estimate cost of building materials skill
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrate engineering principles in architectural design skill
- not needed by the target role interpret circuit diagrams skill
24 further entries not listed here
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 green automotive technologies required
- still to learn hybrid vehicle architecture required
- optional, not held defense system optional
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
Common questions about this move
Can a drafter become an automotive engineering drafter?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A drafter already covers 78% of what an automotive engineering drafter is expected to do: 26 skills carry over, 16 of which the automotive engineering drafter role treats as required.
What skills does a drafter need to become an automotive engineering drafter?
3 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is green automotive technologies.
How hard is the move from drafter to automotive engineering drafter?
Its learning distance is 26.1 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.