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Where a front of house manager can go next

2 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a front of house manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Front of house managers are responsible for those areas of a live event venue that are accessible to the public. They make sure interaction with the customers or visitors goes smoothly and professionally. Front of house managers are responsible for ticket sales, any refreshments, and make sure spaces accessible to the public are set out properly. They interact with the venue manager and the stage manager.

Also known as theatre front of house supervisor, theatrical house manager, venue house manager, front of house supervisor, theatre front of house manager, theater front of house supervisor, head of front of house, arts venue front of house manager.

Managers 17 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: technical director, 21%

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 2 nearest destinations from front of house manager, 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 front of house manager already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 2 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A front of house manager needs 13 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

monitor ticketing information skills
supervise event staff management skills
negotiate health and safety issues with third parties communication, collaboration and creativity
react to emergency situations in a live performance environment assisting and caring
assess cleanliness of areas information skills
monitor guest access assisting and caring
carry out end of day accounts information skills
ensure health and safety of visitors assisting and caring
promote health and safety communication, collaboration and creativity
manage a team management skills

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Front of house manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 a front of house manager’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.