Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a set buyer can go next

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

Set buyers analyse the script in order to identify the set dressing and the props needed for all individual scenes. They also consult with the production designer and the prop and set making team. Set buyers buy, rent or commission the making of the props. Set buyers make sure sets are authentic and believable.

Technicians and associate professionals 27 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: costume buyer, 44%

costume buyer 44% covered director of photography 22% covered video and motion picture dire… 22% covered miniature set designer 19% covered camera operator 17% covered set buyer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from set buyer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a set buyer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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set buyer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a set buyer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.