electrical draftertomechanical engineering drafter
A electrical drafter already meets 56% of what the mechanical engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
43.4/ 100
1 Share of the mechanical engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the electrical 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 mechanical engineering drafter role treats 10 of its required skills as things a electrical drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- 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 12 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 electrical drafter background worth leading with.
- already held review drafts communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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 create technical plans management skills
- already held design drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 12 carried skills, including the 10 the mechanical engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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.
- required, not held mechanical engineering required
- required, not held mechanics required
- required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held blueprints optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
- optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
- optional, not held draft design specifications optional
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
- optional, not held calculate materials to build equipment optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held maintain mechanical equipment optional
- optional, not held CADD software optional
1 further area in the appendix
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 knowledge · sector specific
- 02 create solutions to problems skill · cross sector
- 03 mechanics knowledge · 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 12 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 create a product's virtual model skill
- already held review drafts skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use CADD software optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held define part requirements optional
- optional, not held maintain mechanical equipment optional
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held CADD software optional
- optional, not held adjust engineering designs 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 material mechanics optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
- optional, not held use CADD software optional
28 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 abide by regulations on banned materials skill
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role customise drafts skill
- not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electromechanical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role develop assembly instructions skill
- not needed by the target role draft bill of materials skill
- not needed by the target role draw blueprints skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical equipment components knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical equipment regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring diagrams knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure material compliance skill
- not needed by the target role interpret electrical diagrams skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of work progress skill
- not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role model electrical system skill
- not needed by the target role plan manufacturing processes skill
- not needed by the target role prepare assembly drawings skill
- not needed by the target role process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006 skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
8 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 mechanical engineering required
- required, not held mechanics required
- required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
- optional, not held 3D modelling optional
- optional, not held CADD software optional
- optional, not held blueprints optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held physics optional
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.