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

printed circuit board designertomechanical engineering drafter

A printed circuit board designer already meets 49% of what the mechanical engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From printed circuit board designer
49%
Overlap1
To mechanical engineering drafter
12 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
49.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.1/ 100

1 Share of the mechanical engineering 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 mechanical engineering drafter role treats 8 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 drawings
  • manual draughting techniques
  • mathematics
  • use CAD software

What stands in the way is 6 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 mechanical engineering 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 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 8 the mechanical engineering drafter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held mechanical engineering required
  • required, not held mechanics required
  • required, not held principles of mechanical engineering required
  • required, not held technical drawings required
  • optional, not held blueprints optional
  • optional, not held material mechanics optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held create solutions to problems required
  • required, not held liaise with engineers required
  • optional, not held adjust engineering designs optional
  • optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
  • optional, not held review drafts optional
03 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held define part requirements optional
  • optional, not held calculate materials to build equipment optional
  • optional, not held read standard blueprints optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held 3D modelling optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
05 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain mechanical equipment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

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