Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a costume attendant can go next

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

Costume attendant help dress actors and extras. They make sure everything is as the costume designer envisioned and ensure the continuity of appearance of the performers. Costume attendants maintain and repair these costumes. They store them correctly and safely after shooting.

Also known as daily costume attendant, wardrobe attendant, costume continuity attendant, costume assistant, costume coordinator, wardrobe assistant, costume dresser.

Technicians and associate professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: stand-in, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
stand-in 42% covered hair stylist 34% covered dresser 28% covered extra 25% covered costume maker 25% covered costume attendant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from costume attendant, 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 a costume attendant 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

A costume attendant needs 12 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
  • document costume stock information skills
  • preset costumes management skills
  • dress actors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain costumes handling and moving
  • perform costume changeovers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • wash costumes handling and moving
  • ensure continuous styling of artists assisting and caring
  • select costumes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assist with dressing assisting and caring
  • follow directions of the artistic director communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a costume attendant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Costume attendant is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a costume attendant’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.