Draughtsman Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Draughtsman Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Draughtsman role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Draughtsman job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 53% of Draughtsman job descriptions contained cad as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cad
53%
draughtsman
50%
autocad
45%
design
36%
solidworks
36%
3d
33%
engineering
33%
2d
30%
design engineer
24%
cad technician
21%
draughtsperson
21%
manufacturing
21%
technician
21%
construction
21%
mechanical design
18%
engineer
18%
designing
18%
mechanical
15%
designer
15%
inventor
15%
cad engineer
12%
production
12%
revit
9%
industrial
9%
mechanical design engineer
9%
steel
9%
fmcg
9%
electrical
9%
manufacture
9%
graduate
6%
birmingham
6%
coventry
6%
derby
6%
process
6%
treatment
6%
water
6%
wolverhampton
6%
tekla
6%
drawing
6%
furniture
6%
project
6%
commercial
6%
2d autocad
6%
apprentice trained
6%
conveyors
6%
draftsman
6%
food
6%
material handling
6%
solid works
6%
bespoke
6%
ansys
6%
drawings
6%
equipment
6%
machinery
6%
cadlite
6%
rail
6%
architecture
6%
drafter
6%
capital equipment
6%
coatings
6%
electrical design
6%
essex
3%
structural design
3%
bromley
3%
dartford
3%
gravesend
3%
kent
3%
medway
3%
rochester
3%
design technician
3%
steel detailer
3%
steelwork
3%
structural steel
3%
tekla detailer
3%
an
3%
autodesk inventor
3%
fusion 360
3%
mechanic
3%
mechanics
3%
motion
3%
npd
3%
product
3%
qualifications
3%
building services
3%
islington
3%
london
3%
n1
3%
3d design
3%
heat
3%
leyland
3%
liverpool
3%
merseyside
3%
ormskirk
3%
preston
3%
skelmersdale
3%
software
3%
southport
3%
wigan
3%
concept
3%
construction engineering
3%
facade
3%
hull
3%
specification
3%
cad design
3%
cad draughtsman
3%
coalville
3%
leicester
3%
loughborough
3%
shepshed
3%
buildings
3%
buying
3%
procurement
3%
purchasing
3%
sales
3%
draughting
3%
fabrication
3%
technical
3%
steel work
3%
structural
3%
bristol
3%
building
3%
clevedon
3%
sheet metal
3%
2d graphics
3%
metal fabrication
3%
steel structures
3%
structures
3%
cabinetry
3%
dfa
3%
dfm
3%
joinery
3%
kitchen
3%
production drawing packs
3%
dawlish
3%
devon
3%
bsc
3%
modelling
3%
2d cad
3%
3d cad
3%
eplan p8
3%
packaging
3%
pro panel 3d
3%
product design
3%
special purpose machinery
3%
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