Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a performance lighting technician can go next

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

Performance lighting technicians setup, prepare, check and maintain equipment in order to provide optimal lighting quality for live performances. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and operate lighting equipment and instruments.

Also known as lighting and video technician, lighting & video technician, lighting technician coordinator, audio and lighting technician, lighting and audio technician, lighting technician assistant, lighting technician, lighting engineer, light technician, video and lighting technician, lighting technician manager, audio & lighting technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 65 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: followspot operator, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
followspot operator 80% covered tent installer 73% covered light board operator 68% covered video technician 66% covered dresser 65% covered performance lighting tech… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from performance lighting technician, 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 lighting technician 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 lighting technician needs 28 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
  • light a show working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain dimmer equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate dimmer equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • distribute control signals working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • focus stage lights working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • focus lighting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain lighting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • rig lights working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • draw up lighting plan communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prevent technical problems with lighting 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 a performance lighting technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Performance lighting technician 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 lighting technician’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.