Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a photographer can go next

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

Photographers take pictures using digital or film cameras and equipment. Photographers may develop negatives or use computer software in order to produce finished images and prints.

Also known as wedding photographer, illustration photographer, aerial photographer, graphical industry photographer, itinerant photographer, technical photographer, interior photographer, scientific photographer, portrait photographer, scene photographer, medical photographer, product photographer.

Technicians and associate professionals 53 skills on file 6 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: photography teacher, 31%

Fig. 2 · Career map 6 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
photography teacher 31% covered drawing artist 19% covered video artist 18% covered picture editor 16% covered photojournalist 16% covered digital artist 15% covered photographer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 6 nearest destinations from photographer, 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 photographer already covers. All 6 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A photographer 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
  • license photo usage information skills
  • create artificial light communication, collaboration and creativity
  • select auxiliary equipment for photographic work working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • select photos handling and moving
  • determine image composition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • test photographic equipment information skills
  • select photographic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up photographic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • design an artificial lighting system communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain photographic equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
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Photographer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 photographer’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.