Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an instrument technician can go next

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

Instrument technicians assist and support musicians before, during and after the performance to ensure the instruments and the connected equipment, the backline, are setup properly. They maintain, check, tune and repair instruments and assist with quick changes.

Also known as roadie, bass technician, senior instrument technician, drum technician, piano technician, road crew member, guitar technician.

Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: tent installer, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tent installer 75% covered event electrician 75% covered dresser 67% covered followspot operator 66% covered ground rigger 63% covered instrument technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from instrument technician, 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 instrument technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An instrument technician needs 26 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
  • prepare instruments for performance management skills
  • tune instruments on stage working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • draw up instrument setup communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prevent technical problems of musical instruments constructing
  • prevent undesired changes to sound design working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain sound equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform soundchecks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair musical instruments handling and moving
  • assemble performance equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain musical instruments handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Instrument technician 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 instrument technician’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.