electromechanical draftertoelectronics drafter
A electromechanical drafter already meets 62% of what the electronics drafter role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
62%
42.7/ 100
1 Share of the electronics drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the electromechanical 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 electronics drafter role treats 13 of its required skills as things a electromechanical drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAD software
- create technical plans
- customise drafts
- design drawings
- design prototypes
- draw blueprints
What stands in the way is 9 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A electronics drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a electromechanical drafter background worth leading with.
- already held customise drafts communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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 prepare assembly drawings communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held draft bill of materials information skills
All 27 carried skills, including the 13 the electronics drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 4 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 electronic components required
- required, not held electronic equipment standards required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held integrated circuits required
- required, not held types of electronics required
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held power electronics optional
- required, not held design circuit boards required
- required, not held design electronic systems required
- optional, not held design hardware optional
- optional, not held design sensors optional
- optional, not held design microelectronics optional
- required, not held printed circuit boards required
- required, not held interpret circuit diagrams required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a electronics drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 electronic components knowledge · sector specific
- 02 interpret circuit diagrams skill · sector specific
- 03 design circuit boards 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 27 skills that carry over
- already held CAD software knowledge
- already held create technical plans skill
- already held customise drafts skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held design prototypes skill
- already held draw blueprints skill
- already held electricity 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 technical drawing software skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held create a product's virtual model skill
- already held develop assembly instructions skill
- already held draft bill of materials skill
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held plan manufacturing processes skill
- already held prepare assembly drawings skill
- already held review drafts skill
- already held train employees skill
- already held use manual draughting techniques skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held design hardware optional
- optional, not held design sensors optional
- optional, not held design microelectronics optional
- optional, not held power electronics optional
32 held skills the electronics drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate test results to other departments skill
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
- not needed by the target role define part requirements 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 electric drives knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric generators knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric motors knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical equipment regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical machines knowledge
- not needed by the target role electrical wiring diagrams knowledge
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
- not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret electrical diagrams skill
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role manage quantitative data skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechatronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role model electromechanical systems skill
- not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
- not needed by the target role statistical analysis system software knowledge
- not needed by the target role unstructured data knowledge
- not needed by the target role use specific data analysis software skill
- not needed by the target role utilise machine learning skill
- not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
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 electronic components required
- required, not held electronic equipment standards required
- required, not held electronics required
- required, not held integrated circuits required
- required, not held printed circuit boards required
- required, not held types of electronics required
- optional, not held consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held power electronics optional
Other moves recorded from electromechanical 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.