Product development engineering drafter to heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter
A product development engineering drafter already meets 57% of what the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.1/ 100
1 How much of what a heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) 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 heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role treats 14 of its required skills as things a product development engineering drafter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- CAD software
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- liaise with engineers
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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) 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 build a product's physical model handling and moving
- already held develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held product data management business, administration and law
All 22 carried skills, including the 14 the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 9 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 domestic cooling systems required
- still to learn electric heating systems required
- still to learn types of heat pumps required
- still to learn heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts required
- optional, not held combined heat and power generation optional
- optional, not held components of air conditioning systems optional
- optional, not held district heating and cooling optional
- optional, not held geothermal energy systems optional
- optional, not held domestic heating systems optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held refrigerants optional
- optional, not held ventilation systems optional
- still to learn CAE software required
- still to learn use computer-aided engineering systems required
- optional, not held advise on fitted ventilation systems optional
- optional, not held design an electric heating system optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
- optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
- optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 domestic cooling systems study this
- 02 electric heating systems study this
- 03 types of heat pumps 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 22 skills that carry over
- already held CAD software knowledge
- 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 adjust engineering designs skill
- already held build a product's physical model skill
- already held create a product's virtual model skill
- already held develop assembly instructions skill
- already held draft design specifications skill
- already held draw blueprints skill
- already held product data management knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held assess heating and cooling systems optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held thermodynamics optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
- optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
- optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
- optional, not held advise on fitted ventilation systems optional
- optional, not held assess heating and cooling systems optional
- optional, not held combined heat and power generation optional
- optional, not held components of air conditioning systems optional
- optional, not held design an electric heating system optional
- optional, not held district heating and cooling optional
- optional, not held geothermal energy systems optional
- optional, not held domestic heating systems optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held refrigerants optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held thermodynamics optional
- optional, not held ventilation systems optional
12 held skills the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role does not ask for
- 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 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
16 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 domestic cooling systems required
- still to learn electric heating systems required
- still to learn types of heat pumps required
- still to learn CAE software required
- still to learn heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts required
- optional, not held combined heat and power generation optional
- optional, not held components of air conditioning systems optional
- optional, not held district heating and cooling optional
- optional, not held geothermal energy systems optional
- optional, not held domestic heating systems optional
- optional, not held fluid mechanics optional
- optional, not held industrial heating systems optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held refrigerants optional
- optional, not held thermodynamics optional
- optional, not held ventilation systems optional
Other moves recorded from product development engineering drafter
- mechanical engineering drafter 68% covered · moderate
- rolling stock engineering drafter 68% covered · moderate
- automotive engineering drafter 62% covered · moderate
- civil drafter 59% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from product development engineering drafter
Common questions about this move
Can a product development engineering drafter become a heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A product development engineering drafter already covers 57% of what a heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter is expected to do: 22 skills carry over, 14 of which the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role treats as required.
What skills does a product development engineering drafter need to become a heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter?
6 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is domestic cooling systems.
How hard is the move from product development engineering drafter to heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter?
Its learning distance is 50.1 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.