Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a prop maker can go next

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

Prop makers construct, build, prepare, adapt and maintain props used on stage and for filming movies or television programs. Props may be simple imitations of real life objects, or may include electronic, pyrotechnical, or other effects. Their work is based on artistic vision, sketches and plans. They work in close cooperation with the designers involved in the production.

Also known as property maker and designer, property maker and set dresser, property maker & modeller, prop maker and modeller, prop modeller & maker, prop maker & modeller, property maker and scenic painter, scenic artist & property maker, property maker & set dresser, prop maker & designer, property modeller and maker, property designer and maker.

Technicians and associate professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: set builder, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
set builder 72% covered wig and hairpiece maker 72% covered scenic painter 63% covered dresser 57% covered costume maker 54% covered prop maker You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from prop maker, 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 prop maker already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A prop maker needs 23 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
  • build devices into props handling and moving
  • develop prop effects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain props communication, collaboration and creativity
  • define prop building methods management skills
  • build props communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adapt props communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain workshop space management skills
  • maintain theatre equipment constructing
  • interpret artistic intentions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare personal work environment management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Prop maker 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 prop maker’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.