Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a scenery technician can go next

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

Scenery technicians setup, prepare, check and maintain pre-assembled sets in order to provide optimal scenery quality for a live performance. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and move equipment and sets.

Also known as set tehnician, theater scene assembler, scenic technician, theater carpenter, scenery assembler, theatre scene assembler, scene technician, assistant scenographer, theatre carpenter.

Technicians and associate professionals 52 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: tent installer, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tent installer 73% covered mask maker 70% covered stage machinist 70% covered dresser 67% covered video technician 66% covered scenery technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from scenery 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 scenery 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 scenery technician needs 24 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
  • draw stage layouts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • organise stage management skills
  • dismantle the rehearsal set handling and moving
  • handle scenic elements during rehearsal communication, collaboration and creativity
  • modify scenic elements during performance management skills
  • assemble scenic elements on stage constructing
  • mark the stage area communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assemble the rehearsal set constructing
  • ensure visual quality of the set communication, collaboration and creativity
  • set up equipment in a timely manner handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Scenery 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 scenery 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.