Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a singer can go next

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

Singers are professional musicians, skilled in the use of their voice as a musical instrument, with different vocal ranges. They perform for live audiences and for recordings in different musical genres.

Also known as musical theatre performer, musical theatre actor, musical theatre actress, tenor singer, bass voice singer, baritone singer, lead vocalist, musical theater actor, session singer, opera singer, lead singer, contralto singer.

Professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: stand-up comedian, 78%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
stand-up comedian 78% covered musician 74% covered puppeteer 73% covered variety artist 71% covered street performer 50% covered singer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from singer, 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 singer 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 singer needs 18 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
  • legal environment in music business, administration and law
  • organise a repertoire management skills
  • cope with stage fright management skills
  • engage the audience emotionally communication, collaboration and creativity
  • practise singing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • participate in music studio recordings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work independently as an artist communication, collaboration and creativity
  • acting techniques arts and humanities
  • interact with fellow actors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform live communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Singer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 singer’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.