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

mechanical engineering draftertoprinted circuit board designer

A mechanical engineering drafter already meets 45% of what the printed circuit board designer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mechanical engineering drafter
45%
Overlap1
To printed circuit board designer
12 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
52.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.3/ 100

1 Share of the printed circuit board designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mechanical 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

Why this move works

A printed circuit board designer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a mechanical engineering drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • CAD software
  • create technical plans
  • design drawings
  • draft design specifications
  • mathematics
  • use CAD software

What stands in the way is 7 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A printed circuit board designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mechanical engineering drafter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 CADD software information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held create a product's virtual model communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held draft design specifications communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the printed circuit board designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held electricity required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held interpret circuit diagrams required
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held design circuit boards required
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held design prototypes optional
  • optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
  • optional, not held draw blueprints optional
04 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held test printed circuit boards required
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held printed circuit boards required
06 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
  • optional, not held plan manufacturing processes optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a printed circuit board designer 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held create technical plans skill
  • already held design drawings knowledge
  • already held draft design specifications skill
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held CADD software knowledge
  • already held create a product's virtual model skill
  • already held manual draughting techniques knowledge
  • already held use CADD software skill
  • already held use manual draughting techniques skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
  • optional, not held design prototypes optional
  • optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
  • optional, not held draw blueprints optional
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
  • optional, not held ensure equipment maintenance optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
  • optional, not held monitor manufacturing quality standards optional
  • optional, not held plan manufacturing processes optional
17 held skills the printed circuit board designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role advise client on technical possibilities skill
  • not needed by the target role blueprints knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate materials to build equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role define part requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mechanical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role material mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role principles of mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role read standard blueprints skill
  • not needed by the target role review drafts skill
  • not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
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 electricity required
  • required, not held electronics required
  • required, not held printed circuit boards required
  • optional, not held electrical engineering optional
  • optional, not held electrical wiring plans optional
  • optional, not held manufacturing processes optional
Index

Other moves recorded from mechanical engineering drafter

Full index of moves from mechanical engineering drafter

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.