Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a performance flying director can go next

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

Performance flying directors design people flying effects for a performance and supervise or perform the execution of it. Their work is based on research and artistic vision. Their design is influenced by and influences other designs and must be conform with these designs and the overall artistic vision. They train the actors for the flying choreography and manipulate them during the performance. Performance flying directors prepare and supervise the setup, perform security checks and operate the person fly systems. The manipulation of persons on height, close to or above performers and audience makes this a high risk occupation.

Also known as flying FX choreographer, flying FX director, flying effects choreographer, fly director, flying director, flying effects director.

Technicians and associate professionals 74 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: make-up and hair designer, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
make-up and hair designer 80% covered performance lighting designer 74% covered tent installer 73% covered performance video designer 72% covered mask maker 70% covered performance flying direct… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from performance flying director, 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 performance flying director 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 performance flying director needs 48 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
  • maintain artist flying system communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain flying harnesses constructing
  • design flying movements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prevent technical problems with flying equipment constructing
  • test artist flying systems information skills
  • rehearse artist fly movements management skills
  • train artists in flying communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evacuate people from heights assisting and caring
  • coordinate pre-show checks management skills
  • react to emergency situations in a live performance environment assisting and caring
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Performance flying director 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 a performance flying director’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.