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

printed circuit board designertoelectronics drafter

A printed circuit board designer already meets 56% of what the electronics drafter role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From printed circuit board designer
56%
Overlap1
To electronics drafter
20 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
48 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

56%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

48/ 100

1 Share of the electronics drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the printed circuit board designer 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 electronics drafter role treats 14 of its required skills as things a printed circuit board designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • CAD software
  • create technical plans
  • design circuit boards
  • design drawings
  • design prototypes
  • draw blueprints

What stands in the way is 8 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 20 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 printed circuit board designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held design circuit boards communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held printed circuit boards information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held manual draughting techniques arts and humanities
  • already held use manual draughting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held plan manufacturing processes management skills
  • already held develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity

All 20 carried skills, including the 14 the electronics drafter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 3 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 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held electronic components required
  • required, not held electronic equipment standards required
  • required, not held integrated circuits required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • required, not held types of electronics required
  • optional, not held consumer electronics optional
  • optional, not held engineering principles optional
  • optional, not held power electronics optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held customise drafts required
  • required, not held design electronic systems required
  • required, not held liaise with engineers required
  • optional, not held design hardware optional
  • optional, not held design sensors optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held design microelectronics optional
  • optional, not held prepare assembly drawings optional
  • optional, not held review drafts optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
03 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held draft bill of materials optional
  • optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held create technical plans skill
  • already held design circuit boards skill
  • already held design drawings knowledge
  • already held design prototypes skill
  • already held draw blueprints skill
  • already held electricity knowledge
  • already held electronics knowledge
  • already held interpret circuit diagrams skill
  • already held manual draughting techniques knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held printed circuit boards knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • already held use technical drawing software skill
  • already held create a product's virtual model skill
  • already held develop assembly instructions skill
  • already held electrical engineering knowledge
  • already held manufacturing processes knowledge
  • already held plan manufacturing processes skill
  • already held use manual draughting techniques skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held consumer electronics optional
  • optional, not held design hardware optional
  • optional, not held design sensors optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held design microelectronics optional
  • optional, not held draft bill of materials optional
  • optional, not held engineering principles optional
  • optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
  • optional, not held power electronics optional
  • optional, not held prepare assembly drawings optional
  • optional, not held review drafts optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
9 held skills the electronics drafter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CADD software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical wiring plans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role test printed circuit boards skill
  • not needed by the target role use CADD software skill
8 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 electronic components required
  • required, not held electronic equipment standards required
  • required, not held integrated circuits required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • required, not held types of electronics required
  • optional, not held consumer electronics optional
  • optional, not held engineering principles optional
  • optional, not held power electronics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from printed circuit board designer

Full index of moves from printed circuit board designer

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.