Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an event electrician can go next

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

Event electricians set up and dismantle temporary, reliable electrical systems to support events. They work in locations without access to the power grid as well as locations with temporary power access. Their work is based on instruction, plans and calculations. They work indoors as well as outdoors. They cooperate closely with technical crew and operators.

Also known as event/generator electrician, mobile power team member, generator technician and event electrician, mobile power crew member, live event electrician, mobile power expert, event and generator electrician, generator technician.

Craft and related trades workers 16 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: tent installer, 57%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tent installer 57% covered ground rigger 52% covered event scaffolder 43% covered high rigger 37% covered followspot operator 28% covered event electrician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from event electrician, 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 event electrician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An event electrician needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assemble performance equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • organise resources for artistic production management skills
  • store performance equipment handling and moving
  • ensure safety of mobile electrical systems assisting and caring
  • work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
  • use technical documentation information skills
  • use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
  • work ergonomically assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an event electrician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Event electrician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 event electrician’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.