Rolling stock engineering drafter to mechanical engineering drafter
A rolling stock engineering drafter already meets 65% of what the mechanical engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
35.2/ 100
1 How much of what a mechanical engineering drafter is expected to do is already part of a rolling stock 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 mechanical engineering drafter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A mechanical engineering drafter role treats 10 of its required skills as things a rolling stock engineering drafter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- CAD software
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- liaise with engineers
- manual draughting techniques
- mathematics
What stands in the way is 4 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 17 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 rolling stock engineering drafter background worth leading with.
- already held define part requirements information skills
- 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 create a product's virtual model communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held material mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the mechanical engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 mechanical engineering required
- still to learn mechanics required
- still to learn principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held blueprints optional
- still to learn 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 calculate materials to build equipment optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- optional, not held maintain mechanical equipment optional
- optional, not held CADD software 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 study this
- 02 create solutions to problems practise this
- 03 mechanics 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 17 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 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 adjust engineering designs skill
- already held create a product's virtual model skill
- already held define part requirements 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 maintain mechanical equipment optional
- optional, not held CADD software 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
17 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 archive documentation related to work skill
- not needed by the target role control compliance of railway vehicles regulations skill
- not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
- not needed by the target role develop assembly instructions skill
- not needed by the target role draw blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role electromechanics 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 execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics of trains knowledge
- not needed by the target role product data management knowledge
- not needed by the target role read engineering drawings skill
- not needed by the target role render 3D images skill
- not needed by the target role use computer-aided engineering systems skill
- not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
5 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 mechanical engineering required
- still to learn mechanics required
- still to learn principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held CADD software optional
- optional, not held blueprints optional
Other moves recorded from rolling stock engineering drafter
Common questions about this move
Can a rolling stock engineering drafter become a mechanical engineering drafter?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A rolling stock engineering drafter already covers 65% of what a mechanical engineering drafter is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 10 of which the mechanical engineering drafter role treats as required.
What skills does a rolling stock engineering drafter need to become a mechanical engineering drafter?
4 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is mechanical engineering.
How hard is the move from rolling stock engineering drafter to mechanical engineering drafter?
Its learning distance is 35.2 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.