Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an audio describer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an audio describer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Audio describers depict orally what happens on the screen or on stage for the blind and visually impaired so that they can enjoy audio-visual shows, live performances or sports events. They produce audio description scripts for programmes and events and use their voice to record them.

Also known as visual describer, video describer, audio describers, audio description expert, dubber, audio description professional.

Professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: weather forecaster, 30%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
weather forecaster 30% covered news anchor 27% covered voice-over artist 24% covered presenter 24% covered podcast producer 22% covered audio describer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from audio describer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an audio describer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An audio describer needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • write in conversational tone communication, collaboration and creativity
  • write voice-overs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • synchronise with mouth movements working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • report live online communication, collaboration and creativity
  • support people with hearing impairment assisting and caring
  • communication related to hearing impairment arts and humanities
  • integrate content into output media working with computers
  • audiovisual products arts and humanities
  • present during live broadcasts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • study roles from scripts communication, collaboration and creativity
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Audio describer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an audio describer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.