heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) draftertoautomotive engineering drafter
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter already meets 71% of what the automotive engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
71%
33.6/ 100
1 Share of the automotive engineering drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) 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 automotive engineering drafter role treats 15 of its required skills as things a heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- CAE software
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- liaise with engineers
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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A automotive engineering drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter background worth leading with.
- already held use CADD software working with computers
- already held manual draughting techniques arts and humanities
- already held render 3D images communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use computer-aided engineering systems working with computers
- already held develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
All 23 carried skills, including the 15 the automotive 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 green automotive technologies required
- required, not held hybrid vehicle architecture required
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- required, not held ICT software specifications required
- optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held defense system optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a automotive engineering drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ICT software specifications knowledge · sector specific
- 02 green automotive technologies knowledge · sector specific
- 03 hybrid vehicle architecture knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held CAE 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 computer-aided engineering systems skill
- already held use manual draughting techniques skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held 3D modelling knowledge
- already held CAD software 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 product data management knowledge
- already held render 3D images skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- optional, not held defense system optional
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
24 held skills the automotive engineering drafter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on fitted ventilation systems skill
- not needed by the target role assess heating and cooling systems skill
- not needed by the target role build a product's physical model skill
- not needed by the target role combined heat and power generation knowledge
- not needed by the target role components of air conditioning systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role design an electric heating system skill
- not needed by the target role district heating and cooling knowledge
- not needed by the target role domestic cooling systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role domestic heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role electric heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role fluid mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role geothermal energy systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial heating systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role install refrigeration equipment skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform refrigerant leak checks skill
- not needed by the target role refrigerants knowledge
- not needed by the target role test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits skill
- not needed by the target role thermodynamics knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of heat pumps knowledge
- not needed by the target role ventilation systems knowledge
10 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 ICT software specifications required
- required, not held green automotive technologies required
- required, not held hybrid vehicle architecture required
- optional, not held defense system optional
- optional, not held guidance, navigation and control optional
- optional, not held synthetic natural environment optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of motor vehicles optional
- optional, not held physics optional
Other moves recorded from heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter
- rolling stock engineering drafter 77% covered · adjacent
- product development engineering drafter 72% covered · adjacent
- mechanical engineering drafter 66% covered · moderate
- aerospace engineering drafter 66% covered · moderate
Full index of moves from heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) 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.