aerospace engineering draftertoproduct development engineering drafter
A aerospace engineering drafter already meets 74% of what the product development engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
74%
27.8/ 100
1 Share of the product development engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aerospace 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 product development engineering drafter role treats 14 of its required skills as things a aerospace engineering drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAD software
- create technical plans
- define part requirements
- design drawings
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
What stands in the way is 2 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A product development engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aerospace 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 develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held product data management business, administration and law
All 21 carried skills, including the 14 the product development engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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 circular economy required
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held industrial engineering optional
- optional, not held industrial research and development optional
- optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
- required, not held provide technical documentation required
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- optional, not held draw design sketches optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held design management optional
- optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a product development engineering drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 circular economy knowledge · cross sector
- 02 provide technical documentation skill · 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 21 skills that carry over
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held create technical plans skill
- already held define part requirements skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- 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 create a product's virtual model skill
- already held develop assembly instructions skill
- already held draw blueprints skill
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held product data management knowledge
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held design management optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- optional, not held draw design sketches optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held industrial engineering optional
- optional, not held industrial research and development optional
- optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
20 held skills the product development engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
- 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 aircraft mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
- not needed by the target role common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role defense system knowledge
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- 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 guidance, navigation and control knowledge
- not needed by the target role material mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role physics knowledge
- not needed by the target role render 3D images skill
- not needed by the target role stealth technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role synthetic natural environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role unmanned air systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role use computer-aided engineering systems skill
9 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 circular economy required
- optional, not held design management optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held electronics optional
- optional, not held industrial engineering optional
- optional, not held industrial research and development optional
- optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
Other moves recorded from aerospace engineering drafter
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.