product development engineering draftertorolling stock engineering drafter
A product development engineering drafter already meets 68% of what the rolling stock engineering drafter role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
68%
34.2/ 100
1 Share of the rolling stock engineering 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 this move works
A rolling stock engineering drafter role treats 12 of its required skills as things a product development engineering drafter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- liaise with engineers
- manual draughting techniques
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 21 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 product development engineering drafter background worth leading with.
- 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 develop assembly instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held product data management business, administration and law
All 21 carried skills, including the 12 the rolling stock engineering drafter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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.
- required, not held ICT software specifications required
- required, not held CAE software required
- required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held archive documentation related to work optional
- required, not held use computer-aided engineering systems required
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
- optional, not held control compliance of railway vehicles regulations optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
2 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 ICT software specifications knowledge · sector specific
- 02 CAE software knowledge · cross sector
- 03 execute analytical mathematical calculations skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 21 skills that carry over
- already held create technical plans skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held liaise with engineers skill
- already held manual draughting techniques knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- 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 develop assembly instructions skill
- already held draw blueprints skill
- already held product data management knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held design wayside signalling interlockings optional
- optional, not held physics optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
- optional, not held physics optional
- optional, not held render 3D images optional
- optional, not held use spreadsheets software optional
13 held skills the rolling stock engineering drafter role does not ask for
- 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 design management knowledge
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications 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 provide technical documentation skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held ICT software specifications required
- required, not held CAE software required
- optional, not held electromechanics optional
- optional, not held material mechanics optional
- optional, not held mechanics of trains optional
- optional, not held physics optional
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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.