Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineertoheating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter

A heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer already meets 55% of what the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer
55%
Overlap1
To heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter
28 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
49.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

55%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.3/ 100

1 Share of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer 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

Why this move works

A heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role treats 10 of its required skills as things a heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • create technical plans
  • domestic cooling systems
  • electric heating systems
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) 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 engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on fitted ventilation systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held components of air conditioning systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held assess heating and cooling systems information skills
  • already held design an electric heating system communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held refrigerants engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held domestic cooling systems engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 28 carried skills, including the 10 the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 10 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with engineers required
  • required, not held use manual draughting techniques required
  • optional, not held create a product's virtual model optional
  • optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
  • optional, not held draw blueprints optional
  • optional, not held render 3D images optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required
  • required, not held CAD software required
  • required, not held CAE software required
03 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held use CADD software required
  • required, not held use computer-aided engineering systems required
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
05 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held manual draughting techniques required
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held design drawings required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 28 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held create technical plans skill
  • already held domestic cooling systems knowledge
  • already held electric heating systems knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts knowledge
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held types of heat pumps knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held adjust engineering designs skill
  • already held advise on fitted ventilation systems skill
  • already held assess heating and cooling systems skill
  • already held combined heat and power generation knowledge
  • already held components of air conditioning systems knowledge
  • already held design an electric heating system skill
  • already held district heating and cooling knowledge
  • already held domestic heating systems knowledge
  • already held draft design specifications skill
  • already held fluid mechanics knowledge
  • already held geothermal energy systems knowledge
  • already held industrial heating systems knowledge
  • already held lead a team skill
  • already held mechanics knowledge
  • already held product data management knowledge
  • already held refrigerants knowledge
  • already held thermodynamics knowledge
  • already held ventilation systems knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held read engineering drawings required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
  • optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
09 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
10 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held install refrigeration equipment optional
  • optional, not held perform refrigerant leak checks optional
  • optional, not held test tightness and pressure of refrigeration circuits optional
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
  • optional, not held build a product's physical model optional
  • optional, not held create a product's virtual model optional
  • optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
  • optional, not held draw blueprints optional
  • optional, not held render 3D images optional
44 held skills the heating, ventilation, air conditioning (and refrigeration) drafter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise architects skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
  • not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
  • not needed by the target role assess energy consumption of ventilation systems skill
  • not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
  • not needed by the target role biogas energy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
  • not needed by the target role design a combined heat and power system skill
  • not needed by the target role design a solar absorption cooling system skill
  • not needed by the target role design a solar heating system skill
  • not needed by the target role design district heating and cooling energy systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design geothermal energy systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design heat pump installations skill
  • not needed by the target role design heating and cooling emission systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design hot water systems skill
  • not needed by the target role design passive energy measures skill
  • not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
  • not needed by the target role design ventilation network skill
  • not needed by the target role determine appropriate heating and cooling system skill
  • not needed by the target role determine internal air quality parameters skill
  • not needed by the target role distribution of heating cooling and hot water knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role execute feasibility study skill
  • not needed by the target role hydraulics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify fitted source for heat pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role install heating boiler skill
  • not needed by the target role install heating furnace skill
  • not needed by the target role install heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ducts skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate biogas energy in buildings skill
  • not needed by the target role integrated design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate climate control skill
  • not needed by the target role operate solar thermal energy systems for hot water and heating skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on district heating and cooling skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on electric heating skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on heat pumps skill
  • not needed by the target role perform a feasibility study on solar absorption cooling skill

4 further entries not listed here

6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held CAD software required
  • required, not held CAE software required
  • required, not held design drawings required
  • required, not held manual draughting techniques required
  • required, not held mathematics required
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
Index

Other moves recorded from heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer

Full index of moves from heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer

Note

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.