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Where a pyrotechnic designer can go next

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

Pyrotechnic designers develop a pyrotechnical design concept for a performance and supervise 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. Therefore, the pyrotechnic designers work closely with artistic directors, operators and the artistic team. During rehearsals and performance they coach the operators to obtain optimal timing and manipulation. Pyrotechnic designers develop plans, cue lists and other documentation to support the operators and production crew. Pyrotechnic designers sometimes also work as autonomous artists, creating pyrotechnical art outside a performance context.

Also known as pyrotechnician & choreographer, pyrotechnical designer, pyro designer, pyro-designer, pyrotechnic operator & choreographer, pyrotechnic operator and choreographer, pyrotechnician and choreographer.

Technicians and associate professionals 64 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: performance lighting designer, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
performance lighting designer 79% covered performance video designer 78% covered costume designer 75% covered sound designer 74% covered set designer 73% covered pyrotechnic designer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from pyrotechnic designer, 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 pyrotechnic designer 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 pyrotechnic designer needs 39 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
  • plan pyrotechnical effects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work safely with pyrotechnical materials in a performance environment assisting and caring
  • conduct costume research information skills
  • research new ideas information skills
  • verify feasibility information skills
  • analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions information skills
  • propose improvements to artistic production communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse the scenography communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop design ideas cooperatively communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse music score information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Pyrotechnic designer 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 pyrotechnic designer’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.