Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a musician can go next

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

Musicians perform a vocal or musical part that can be recorded or played for an audience. They have know-how and practice of one or many instruments or using their voice. The musician can also write and transcribe music.

Also known as concert master, charango player, organist, violinist, french hornist, up-right bass player, drummer, violist, french horn player, vibraphonist, flutist, washboard player.

Professionals 62 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: music arranger, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
music arranger 79% covered variety artist 68% covered puppeteer 65% covered composer 63% covered stand-up comedian 62% covered musician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from musician, 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 musician 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

A musician needs 16 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
  • legal environment in music business, administration and law
  • organise a repertoire management skills
  • cope with stage fright management skills
  • work with composers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work independently as an artist communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interact with fellow actors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform live communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse own performance management skills
  • study roles from scripts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Musician is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a musician’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.