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

engineering assistanttoautomotive engineering drafter

A engineering assistant already meets 24% of what the automotive engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From engineering assistant
24%
Overlap1
To automotive engineering drafter
6 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
73.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.7/ 100

1 Share of the automotive engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the engineering assistant 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 automotive engineering drafter role treats 6 of its required skills as things a engineering assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • create technical plans
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • liaise with engineers
  • mathematics
  • technical drawings

What stands in the way is 13 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A automotive engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a engineering assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create technical plans management skills
  • already held liaise with engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held engineering processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held mathematics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held engineering principles engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the automotive engineering drafter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 9 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 working with computers 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use CAD software required
  • required, not held use CADD software required
  • required, not held use computer-aided engineering systems required
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held green automotive technologies required
  • required, not held hybrid vehicle architecture required
  • required, not held design drawings required
  • optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
  • optional, not held electromechanics optional
  • optional, not held material mechanics optional
  • optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held CAE software required
  • optional, not held CAD software optional
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • required, not held read engineering drawings required
  • optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held use manual draughting techniques required
  • optional, not held adjust engineering designs 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 render 3D images optional
06 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held manual draughting techniques required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a automotive 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held create technical plans skill
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held product data management optional
09 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held defense system optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
  • optional, not held defense system optional
  • optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
  • optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
  • optional, not held CAD software optional
  • optional, not held adjust engineering designs 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 material mechanics optional
  • optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held product data management optional
  • optional, not held render 3D images optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
22 held skills the automotive engineering drafter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assist scientific research skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with industry professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role deliver visual presentation of data skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role examine engineering principles skill
  • not needed by the target role file documents skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role gather experimental data skill
  • not needed by the target role handle mail skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with industrial professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform office routine activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plan engineering activities skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare scientific reports skill
  • not needed by the target role project management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role proofread text skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role write manuals skill
16 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 ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held green automotive technologies required
  • required, not held hybrid vehicle architecture required
  • required, not held CAE software required
  • required, not held design drawings required
  • required, not held manual draughting techniques 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 3D modelling optional
  • optional, not held CAD software optional
  • optional, not held electromechanics optional
  • optional, not held material mechanics optional
  • optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
  • optional, not held product data management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from engineering assistant

Full index of moves from engineering assistant

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.