Product development engineering drafter to automotive engineering drafter
A product development engineering drafter already meets 62% of what the automotive engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
42.3/ 100
1 How much of what an automotive engineering drafter is expected to do is already part of a product development engineering 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 13 of its required skills as things a product development engineering drafter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- liaise with engineers
- manual draughting techniques
What stands in the way is 6 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. An automotive engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a product development 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 develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held product data management business, administration and law
- already held draw blueprints communication, collaboration and creativity
All 20 carried skills, including the 13 the automotive engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 7 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 electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- still to learn ICT software specifications required
- still to learn CAE software required
- still to learn execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- still to learn use computer-aided engineering systems required
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
1 further area in the appendix
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 ICT software specifications study this
- 02 green automotive technologies study this
- 03 hybrid vehicle architecture study this
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 create technical plans skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- 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 create a product's virtual model skill
- already held develop assembly instructions skill
- already held draw blueprints skill
- already held product data management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held defense system optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
14 held skills the automotive engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role build a product's physical model skill
- not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
- not needed by the target role define part requirements skill
- not needed by the target role design management knowledge
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- 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 electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial research and development knowledge
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide technical documentation skill
11 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 ICT software specifications required
- still to learn green automotive technologies required
- still to learn hybrid vehicle architecture required
- still to learn CAE software 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 electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- optional, not held physics optional
Other moves recorded from product development engineering drafter
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Common questions about this move
Can a product development engineering drafter become an automotive engineering drafter?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A product development engineering drafter already covers 62% of what an automotive engineering drafter is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 13 of which the automotive engineering drafter role treats as required.
What skills does a product development engineering drafter need to become an automotive engineering drafter?
6 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is ICT software specifications.
How hard is the move from product development engineering drafter to automotive engineering drafter?
Its learning distance is 42.3 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.