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

mechanical engineering draftertorolling stock engineering drafter

A mechanical engineering drafter already meets 53% of what the rolling stock engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mechanical engineering drafter
53%
Overlap1
To rolling stock engineering drafter
17 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
48.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

53%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48.2/ 100

1 Share of the rolling stock engineering drafter 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 rolling stock engineering drafter role treats 9 of its required skills as things a mechanical engineering drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • create technical plans
  • design drawings
  • liaise with engineers
  • manual draughting techniques
  • mathematics
  • technical drawings

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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A rolling stock engineering drafter 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 define part requirements information skills
  • 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 create a product's virtual model communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held material mechanics engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the rolling stock engineering drafter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • optional, not held electromechanics optional
  • optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
  • required, not held read engineering drawings required
  • optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required
  • required, not held ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held CAE software required
04 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held use computer-aided engineering systems required
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
  • optional, not held draw blueprints optional
  • optional, not held render 3D images optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held control compliance of railway vehicles regulations optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a rolling stock engineering 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 CADD software 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 define part requirements skill
  • already held material mechanics knowledge
  • already held physics knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held product data management optional
08 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
  • optional, not held control compliance of railway vehicles regulations optional
  • optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
  • optional, not held develop assembly instructions optional
  • optional, not held draw blueprints optional
  • optional, not held electromechanics optional
  • optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
  • optional, not held product data management optional
  • optional, not held render 3D images optional
  • optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
12 held skills the rolling stock engineering drafter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
  • 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 draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mechanical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanics 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
7 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 ICT software specifications required
  • required, not held engineering processes required
  • required, not held CAE software required
  • required, not held engineering principles required
  • optional, not held electromechanics optional
  • optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
  • optional, not held product data management 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.