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Where an intelligent lighting engineer can go next

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

Intelligent lighting engineers set up, prepare, check and maintain digital and automated lighting equipment in order to provide optimal lighting quality for a live performance. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and operate lighting equipment and instruments.

Also known as automated light engineer, automated lighting engineer, automated light technician, intelligent light technician, intelligent light engineer, automated lighting technician, intelligent lighting technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 51 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: performance lighting technician, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

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

The 5 nearest destinations from intelligent lighting engineer, 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 intelligent lighting engineer 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 intelligent lighting engineer 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

rig automated lights constructing
maintain automated lighting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
distribute control signals working with machinery and specialised equipment
set up light board working with machinery and specialised equipment
read lighting plans information skills
design an artificial lighting system communication, collaboration and creativity
draw up lighting plan communication, collaboration and creativity
prevent technical problems with lighting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
artificial lighting systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
de-rig electronic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

audio production technician 65% covered · difficulty 45.9

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Intelligent lighting engineer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 intelligent lighting engineer’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.