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

product development engineering draftertoautomotive 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.

From product development engineering drafter
62%
Overlap1
To automotive engineering drafter
20 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
42.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 42.3

This move: 42.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the automotive engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the product development 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 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 product development engineering drafter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 7 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 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held green automotive technologies required
  • required, not held 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
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required
  • required, not held ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held CAE software required
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
04 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use computer-aided engineering systems required
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held render 3D images optional

1 further area 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held defense system optional
10 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 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

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
  • 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
Index

Other moves recorded from product development engineering drafter

Full index of moves from product development engineering drafter

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.