# Competences — product development engineering drafter

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c52129d9-4656-4ce8-ba13-8a72a51d5400).

## Essential

- **CAD software** (knowledge)
- **circular economy** (knowledge)
- **create technical plans** (skill/competence)
- **define part requirements** (skill/competence)
- **design drawings** (knowledge)
- **engineering principles** (knowledge)
- **engineering processes** (knowledge)
- **manual draughting techniques** (knowledge)
- **mathematics** (knowledge)
- **provide technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **read engineering drawings** (skill/competence)
- **technical drawings** (knowledge)
- **use CAD software** (skill/competence)
- **use CADD software** (skill/competence)
- **use manual draughting techniques** (skill/competence)
- **use technical drawing software** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- 3D modelling (knowledge)
- adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
- build a product's physical model (skill/competence)
- create a product's virtual model (skill/competence)
- design management (knowledge)
- design principles (knowledge)
- develop assembly instructions (skill/competence)
- draft design specifications (skill/competence)
- draw blueprints (skill/competence)
- draw design sketches (skill/competence)
- electrical engineering (knowledge)
- electronics (knowledge)
- industrial engineering (knowledge)
- industrial research and development (knowledge)
- liaise with engineers (skill/competence)
- manufacturing processes (knowledge)
- mechanical engineering (knowledge)
- product data management (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 4 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- bill of materials creation — **50 %**
- technical drawing — **50 %**
- tolerance stack-ups — **25 %**
- sheet metal design — **25 %**
- sheet metal manufacturing — **25 %**
- manufacturing drawing creation — **25 %**
- product development — **25 %**
- bill of operation (boo) creation — **25 %**
- cad drafting — **25 %**
- cad modeling — **25 %**
- 2d drafting — **25 %**
- 2d drawing — **25 %**
- 3d drafting — **25 %**
- 3d modeling — **25 %**
- bill of materials (bom) creation — **25 %**
- drawing maintenance — **25 %**
- design drafting — **25 %**
- engineering change order implementation — **25 %**
- fabrication drawings — **25 %**
- gd&t — **25 %**
- geometric design & tolerancing — **25 %**
- mechanical drafting — **25 %**

### Methods

- continuous improvement — **25 %**
- revision control — **25 %**
- version control — **25 %**

### Responsibilities

- drawing creation — **50 %**
- work flow design — **25 %**
- time studies — **25 %**
- production drawing production — **25 %**
- manufacturing issue resolution — **25 %**
- manufacturing support — **25 %**
- new product development support — **25 %**
- plant layout updates — **25 %**
- print creation — **25 %**
- problem handling — **25 %**
- customer communication — **25 %**
- design documentation — **25 %**
- collaboration with engineering teams — **25 %**
- cad model creation — **25 %**
- bom maintenance — **25 %**
- design issue resolution — **25 %**
- documentation creation — **25 %**
- drawing maintenance — **25 %**
- drawing revision — **25 %**
- drawing updates — **25 %**

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