Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

audio describertopodcast producer

A audio describer already meets 22% of what the podcast producer role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From audio describer
22%
Overlap1
To podcast producer
8 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
77.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

22%

Learning distance A rebuild

77.8/ 100

1 Share of the podcast producer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the audio describer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A podcast producer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a audio describer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • audiovisual products
  • coordinate activities in audio recording studio
  • plan audiovisual recording
  • record audio materials
  • use microphone

What stands in the way is 17 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A podcast producer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a audio describer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held record audio materials working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held use microphone handling and moving
  • already held add elocution techniques to recording audio materials working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held coordinate activities in audio recording studio management skills
  • already held work with a voice coach communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held plan audiovisual recording management skills

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the podcast producer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 arts and humanities 4 required
  • required, not held audio mastering required
  • required, not held audio post-production required
  • required, not held media formats required
  • required, not held audio technology required
02 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held plan digital marketing required
  • required, not held plan marketing strategy required
  • required, not held supervise sound production required
  • optional, not held plan social media marketing campaigns optional
  • optional, not held define measurable marketing objectives optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held marketing principles required
  • required, not held social media marketing techniques required
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held channel marketing optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare broadcasts required
  • required, not held implement marketing strategies required
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
  • optional, not held execute marketing plan optional
05 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage sales channels required
  • required, not held assess studio production required
  • optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
06 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required
  • required, not held e-commerce systems required
  • required, not held audio editing software required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a podcast producer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held audiovisual products knowledge
  • already held coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
  • already held plan audiovisual recording skill
  • already held record audio materials skill
  • already held use microphone skill
  • already held add elocution techniques to recording audio materials skill
  • already held operate audio equipment skill
  • already held work with a voice coach skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples required
08 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held edit recorded sound required
09 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor quality of broadcasts optional
  • optional, not held mix multi-track recordings optional
  • optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
  • optional, not held set up basic recording optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held monitor quality of broadcasts optional
  • optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
  • optional, not held mix multi-track recordings optional
  • optional, not held plan social media marketing campaigns optional
  • optional, not held record multi-track sound optional
  • optional, not held set up basic recording optional
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
  • optional, not held channel marketing optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
  • optional, not held define measurable marketing objectives optional
  • optional, not held execute marketing plan optional
27 held skills the podcast producer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt voice register to the audio material skill
  • not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
  • not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role breathing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate content into output media skill
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a good diction skill
  • not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform improvisation skill
  • not needed by the target role present during live broadcasts skill
  • not needed by the target role pronunciation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role report live online skill
  • not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
  • not needed by the target role study media sources skill
  • not needed by the target role study roles from scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role support people with hearing impairment skill
  • not needed by the target role synchronise with mouth movements skill
  • not needed by the target role types of media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
  • not needed by the target role use office systems skill
  • not needed by the target role vocal techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role write in conversational tone skill
  • not needed by the target role write voice-overs skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held audio mastering required
  • required, not held audio post-production required
  • required, not held e-commerce systems required
  • required, not held media formats required
  • required, not held audio editing software required
  • required, not held audio technology required
  • required, not held marketing principles required
  • required, not held social media marketing techniques required
  • optional, not held advertising techniques optional
  • optional, not held channel marketing optional
  • optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
Index

Other moves recorded from audio describer

Full index of moves from audio describer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.