Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a performance hairdresser can go next

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

Performance hairdressers assist and support artists before, during and after the performance to ensure the hairdressing is in line with the artistic vision of the stage director and the artistic team. They maintain, check and repair wigs and assist with quick changes.

Service and sales workers 26 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: wig and hairpiece maker, 72%

wig and hairpiece maker 72% covered mask maker 62% covered dresser 56% covered scenic painter 41% covered instrument technician 40% covered performance hairdresser You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from performance hairdresser. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a performance hairdresser already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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performance hairdresser is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a performance hairdresser already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.