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, 52% of Draughtsman job descriptions contained cad as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cad
52%
draughtsman
52%
autocad
46%
design
39%
3d
36%
solidworks
36%
2d
33%
engineering
33%
design engineer
26%
cad technician
23%
draughtsperson
23%
manufacturing
23%
technician
23%
mechanical design
20%
engineer
20%
construction
20%
mechanical
17%
designer
17%
designing
17%
inventor
17%
cad engineer
13%
production
13%
revit
10%
industrial
10%
mechanical design engineer
10%
steel
10%
fmcg
10%
electrical
10%
manufacture
10%
graduate
7%
birmingham
7%
coventry
7%
derby
7%
process
7%
treatment
7%
water
7%
wolverhampton
7%
tekla
7%
drawing
7%
furniture
7%
project
7%
commercial
7%
2d autocad
7%
apprentice trained
7%
conveyors
7%
draftsman
7%
food
7%
material handling
7%
solid works
7%
bespoke
7%
ansys
7%
drawings
7%
equipment
7%
machinery
7%
cadlite
7%
rail
7%
essex
4%
structural design
4%
bromley
4%
dartford
4%
gravesend
4%
kent
4%
medway
4%
rochester
4%
design technician
4%
steel detailer
4%
steelwork
4%
structural steel
4%
tekla detailer
4%
an
4%
autodesk inventor
4%
fusion 360
4%
mechanic
4%
mechanics
4%
motion
4%
npd
4%
product
4%
qualifications
4%
building services
4%
islington
4%
london
4%
n1
4%
3d design
4%
heat
4%
leyland
4%
liverpool
4%
merseyside
4%
ormskirk
4%
preston
4%
skelmersdale
4%
software
4%
southport
4%
wigan
4%
concept
4%
construction engineering
4%
facade
4%
hull
4%
specification
4%
cad design
4%
cad draughtsman
4%
coalville
4%
leicester
4%
loughborough
4%
shepshed
4%
buildings
4%
buying
4%
procurement
4%
purchasing
4%
sales
4%
draughting
4%
fabrication
4%
technical
4%
steel work
4%
structural
4%
bristol
4%
building
4%
clevedon
4%
sheet metal
4%
2d graphics
4%
metal fabrication
4%
steel structures
4%
structures
4%
cabinetry
4%
dfa
4%
dfm
4%
joinery
4%
kitchen
4%
production drawing packs
4%
dawlish
4%
devon
4%
bsc
4%
architecture
4%
drafter
4%
capital equipment
4%
coatings
4%
electrical design
4%
3d cad
4%
modelling
4%
packaging
4%
product design
4%
special purpose machinery
4%
2d cad
4%
eplan p8
4%
pro panel 3d
4%
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