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Where a theatre technician can go next

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

Theatre technicians execute all technical tasks to support live performances. They build and break down stages and decors, install and operate sound, light, recording and video equipment and organise the transport of decors and technical equipment for performances on displacement.

Also known as lighting technician, audio technician, theatrical technician, stage technician, performance technician, theater technician, theatre tech, stagehand.

Technicians and associate professionals 64 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: stage machinist, 64%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
stage machinist 64% covered followspot operator 63% covered scenery technician 62% covered stage technician 59% covered stagehand 59% covered theatre technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from theatre technician, 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 theatre technician 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 theatre technician needs 25 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
  • install lighting communication, collaboration and creativity
  • operate dimmer equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate follow spots working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate stage movement control system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • adjust projector working with computers
  • assemble truss constructions constructing
  • distribute control signals working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare sound equipment on stage constructing
  • set up follow spots communication, collaboration and creativity
  • set up technical stage equipment communication, collaboration and creativity
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Theatre technician 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 theatre technician’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.