Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a scenic painter can go next

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

Scenic painters decorate sets for live performances. They employ a broad variety of crafting and painting techniques such as figurative painting, landscape painting and Trompe-l'œil to create convincing scenes. Their work is based on artistic vision, sketches and pictures. They work in close cooperation with the designers.

Also known as scenery artist, scenic artist, scenic painter & artist, scenery painter, theatre scene painter, scene painter, theater scene painter, scenic painter and artist.

Technicians and associate professionals 32 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: wig and hairpiece maker, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wig and hairpiece maker 77% covered set builder 68% covered performance hairdresser 56% covered prop maker 53% covered dresser 50% covered scenic painter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from scenic painter, 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 scenic painter 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 scenic painter needs 22 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
  • transfer designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain theatre sets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adapt sets communication, collaboration and creativity
  • define set painting methods management skills
  • maintain workshop space management skills
  • maintain theatre equipment constructing
  • paint sets constructing
  • use genre painting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret artistic intentions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop an artistic framework communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Scenic painter 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 scenic painter’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.