Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a wig and hairpiece maker can go next

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

Wig and hairpiece makers create adapt and maintain hair prostheses for use in live performance. They work from sketches, pictures and artistic visions combined with knowledge of the human body to ensure the wearer maximum range of movement. They work in close cooperation with the designers.

Craft and related trades workers 26 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: performance hairdresser, 67%

performance hairdresser 67% covered scenic painter 58% covered dresser 48% covered set builder 47% covered prop maker 45% covered wig and hairpiece maker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from wig and hairpiece maker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a wig and hairpiece maker 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 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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wig and hairpiece maker is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 wig and hairpiece maker 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.