Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a stunt performer can go next

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

Stunt performers execute actions that are too dangerous for actors to perform, that they are not physically able to do or require specialised skills such as fight scenes, jumping from building, dancing and others.

Also known as film and television stunt performer, stunt action performer, stunt fight performer, film and TV stunt performer, film & television stunt performer, stunt man, stunt artist, stunt woman, equine stunt performer, stunt double, daredevil, stuntwoman.

Technicians and associate professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: extra, 59%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
extra 59% covered actor/actress 46% covered stand-up comedian 44% covered voice-over artist 43% covered variety artist 38% covered stunt performer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from stunt performer, 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 stunt performer 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 stunt performer needs 17 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
  • perform stunts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • express yourself physically communication, collaboration and creativity
  • harmonise body movements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • collaborate on costume and make-up for performances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with the camera crew communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with the lighting crew communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse own performance management skills
  • study roles from scripts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • study media sources information skills
  • follow time cues communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Stunt performer 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 stunt performer’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.