marine engineering draftertomechanical engineering drafter
A marine engineering drafter already meets 70% of what the mechanical engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
30.7/ 100
1 Share of the mechanical engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the marine engineering 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 this move works
A mechanical engineering drafter role treats 11 of its required skills as things a marine engineering drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAD software
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- liaise with engineers
- manual draughting techniques
- mathematics
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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mechanical engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a marine engineering drafter background worth leading with.
- already held use CADD software working with computers
- already held manual draughting techniques arts and humanities
- already held use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held create a product's virtual model communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held material mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the mechanical engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 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 mechanical engineering required
- required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held blueprints optional
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- optional, not held review drafts optional
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
- optional, not held calculate materials to build equipment optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- optional, not held maintain mechanical equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mechanical engineering drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 mechanical engineering knowledge · sector specific
- 02 create solutions to problems skill · cross sector
- 03 principles of mechanical engineering 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held create technical plans skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held manual draughting techniques knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use manual draughting techniques skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held 3D modelling knowledge
- already held CADD software knowledge
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held create a product's virtual model skill
- already held material mechanics knowledge
- already held physics knowledge
- already held use CADD software skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
- optional, not held maintain mechanical equipment optional
- optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
- optional, not held blueprints optional
- optional, not held calculate materials to build equipment optional
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- optional, not held review drafts optional
51 held skills the mechanical engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse energy consumption skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
- not needed by the target role battery chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery components knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery fluids knowledge
- not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct energy audit skill
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop assembly instructions skill
- not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
- not needed by the target role draw blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure vessel compliance with regulations skill
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role fluid mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role fuel gas knowledge
- not needed by the target role guidance, navigation and control knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify energy needs skill
- not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
- not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role manage quantitative data skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of vessels knowledge
- not needed by the target role naval architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate battery test equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
- not needed by the target role product data management knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote sustainable energy skill
- not needed by the target role read engineering drawings skill
- not needed by the target role render 3D images skill
11 further entries not listed here
3 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 mechanical engineering required
- required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held blueprints 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.