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

product development engineering draftertocivil drafter

A product development engineering drafter already meets 59% of what the civil drafter role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From product development engineering drafter
59%
Overlap1
To civil drafter
18 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
45.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

45.7/ 100

1 Share of the civil drafter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the product development 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 civil drafter role treats 13 of its required skills as things a product development engineering drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • CAD software
  • create technical plans
  • design drawings
  • engineering principles
  • engineering processes
  • manual draughting techniques

What stands in the way is 3 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A civil drafter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a product development 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 draw blueprints communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held draft design specifications communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held 3D modelling natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 18 carried skills, including the 13 the civil drafter role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held building information modelling required
  • required, not held civil engineering required
  • optional, not held bridge engineering optional
  • optional, not held cartography optional
  • optional, not held topography optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
  • optional, not held construction methods optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held zoning codes optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate drones in civil engineering required
  • optional, not held operate surveying instruments optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held communicate with construction crews optional
  • optional, not held create architectural sketches optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held design transportation systems optional
  • optional, not held render 3D images optional
04 working with computers 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held create cadastral maps optional
05 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
  • optional, not held estimate cost of building materials optional
06 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held aesthetics optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a civil 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held CAD software knowledge
  • already held create technical plans skill
  • already held design drawings knowledge
  • already held engineering principles knowledge
  • already held engineering processes knowledge
  • already held manual draughting techniques knowledge
  • already held mathematics knowledge
  • already held read engineering drawings skill
  • already held technical drawings knowledge
  • already held use CAD software skill
  • 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 design principles knowledge
  • already held draft design specifications skill
  • already held draw blueprints skill
  • already held liaise with engineers skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
08 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held make architectural mock-ups optional
21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
  • optional, not held bridge engineering optional
  • optional, not held cartography optional
  • optional, not held communicate with construction crews optional
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
  • optional, not held create architectural sketches optional
  • optional, not held estimate cost of building materials optional
  • optional, not held operate surveying instruments optional
  • optional, not held topography optional
  • optional, not held use geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held advise architects optional
  • optional, not held aesthetics optional
  • optional, not held apply digital mapping optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
  • optional, not held construction methods optional
  • optional, not held create cadastral maps optional
  • optional, not held design transportation systems optional
  • optional, not held make architectural mock-ups optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held render 3D images optional
  • optional, not held zoning codes optional
16 held skills the civil drafter role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
  • not needed by the target role build a product's physical model skill
  • not needed by the target role circular economy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create a product's virtual model skill
  • not needed by the target role define part requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role design management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop assembly instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
  • not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role industrial research and development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manufacturing processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role mechanical engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role product data management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide technical documentation skill
11 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 building information modelling required
  • required, not held civil engineering required
  • optional, not held architecture regulations optional
  • optional, not held bridge engineering optional
  • optional, not held cartography optional
  • optional, not held topography optional
  • optional, not held aesthetics optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
  • optional, not held construction methods optional
  • optional, not held mechanics optional
  • optional, not held zoning codes optional
Index

Other moves recorded from product development engineering drafter

Full index of moves from product development 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.