Drafter
Design and Technology, Physics and Art and Design at A level, then a Level 3 apprenticeship straight after school.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, the same level as A levels · 1 standard and 6 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 3 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Design and Technology leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: design for manufacture, physical property, ohm's law, circular economy.
All subjects and shared ideas6
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| A level Design and Technology | 1.00 | design for manufacture, physical property, ohm's law, circular economy, ergonomics |
| GCSE Physics | 0.79 | electrical power, energy transfer, ohm's law, transformer, energy efficiency |
| GCSE Art and Design | 0.51 | annotation, environment, material |
| GCSE Design and Technology | 0.44 | fabrication, cost, tolerance, material selection |
| A level Biology | 0.39 | energy transfer, procedure, energy efficiency |
| A level Physics | 0.34 | energy transfer, ohm's law |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Design and Technology, Physics and Art and Design, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
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What the job is
Drafters prepare and create technical drawings using a special software or manual techniques, to show how something is built or works.
Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.
This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.