Where a mask maker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mask maker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Mask makers construct, adapt and maintain masks for live performances. They work from sketches, pictures and artistic visions combined with knowledge of the human body to ensure the wearer maximum range of movement. They work in close cooperation with the designers.
Also known as mask designer & maker, mask designer & builder, mask-maker, mask designer/maker, mask designer and builder, mask builder & designer, mask builder and designer, mask maker and designer, mask designer and maker, mask maker & designer, mask builder.
Technicians and associate professionals 24 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: performance hairdresser, 60%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A mask maker 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.
- maintain workshop space management skills
- maintain theatre equipment constructing
- prepare personal work environment management skills
- understand artistic concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
- keep up with trends information skills
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs communication, collaboration and creativity
- adapt to artists' creative demands communication, collaboration and creativity
- work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
- work safely with chemicals assisting and caring
- work safely with machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mask maker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- light board operator 70% covered · difficulty 31.1
- performance flying director 70% covered · difficulty 31.3
- performance video operator 70% covered · difficulty 31.1
- scenery technician 70% covered · difficulty 31.3
- stage machinist 70% covered · difficulty 31.1
- video technician 70% covered · difficulty 31.3
- costume designer 66% covered · difficulty 35.1
- performance hairdresser 62% covered · difficulty 37.5
- dresser 62% covered · difficulty 38.4
- media integration operator 61% covered · difficulty 38.4
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Mask maker is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mask maker’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.