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

electrical draftertointegrated circuit design engineer

A electrical drafter already meets 60% of what the integrated circuit design engineer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From electrical drafter
60%
Overlap1
To integrated circuit design engineer
24 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
42.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

60%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.4/ 100

1 Share of the integrated circuit design engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the electrical 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 integrated circuit design engineer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a electrical drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • CAD software
  • create technical plans
  • customise drafts
  • design drawings
  • electricity
  • liaise with engineers

What stands in the way is 8 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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A integrated circuit design engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a electrical drafter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held customise drafts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held review drafts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held draft bill of materials information skills
  • already held plan manufacturing processes management skills
  • already held develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity

All 24 carried skills, including the 9 the integrated circuit design engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 3 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 6 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held electronic components required
  • required, not held integrated circuit types required
  • required, not held electronic equipment standards required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • required, not held integrated circuits required
  • required, not held semiconductors required
  • optional, not held LED lighting components optional
  • optional, not held battery management systems optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held design electronic systems required
  • required, not held design integrated circuits required
03 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
  • optional, not held test electronic units optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a integrated circuit design engineer 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 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held create technical plans skill
  • already held customise drafts skill
  • already held design drawings knowledge
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held create a product's virtual model skill
  • already held design prototypes skill
  • already held develop assembly instructions skill
  • already held draft bill of materials skill
  • already held draw blueprints skill
  • already held electrical engineering knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held manufacturing processes knowledge
  • already held plan manufacturing processes skill
  • already held review drafts skill
  • already held train employees skill
  • already held use manual draughting techniques skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held LED lighting components optional
  • optional, not held battery management systems optional
  • optional, not held monitor system performance optional
  • optional, not held test electronic units optional
16 held skills the integrated circuit design engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role abide by regulations on banned materials 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 electrical equipment components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electrical equipment regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electrical wiring diagrams knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electricity principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure material compliance skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret electrical diagrams skill
  • not needed by the target role manual draughting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role model electrical system skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare assembly drawings skill
  • not needed by the target role process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006 skill
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
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 electronic components required
  • required, not held integrated circuit types required
  • required, not held electronic equipment standards required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • required, not held integrated circuits required
  • required, not held semiconductors required
  • optional, not held LED lighting components optional
  • optional, not held battery management systems 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.