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3.4 KiB

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)

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 %