Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as assistant production buyer, property buyer, set decoration buyer, production buyer.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from set buyer, 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 set buyer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A set buyer needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • identify props communication, collaboration and creativity
  • room aesthetics arts and humanities
  • purchase props communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communicate price changes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • cinematography arts and humanities
  • film production process arts and humanities
  • analyse a script communication, collaboration and creativity
  • identify suppliers management skills
  • maintain relationship with suppliers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage budgets management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a set buyer’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.