Body artist to medium
A body artist already meets 27% of what the medium role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.4/ 100
1 How much of what a medium is expected to do is already part of a body artist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the medium role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A medium role treats 3 of its required skills as things a body artist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- develop professional network
- maintain customer service
- manage personal professional development
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A medium role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a body artist background worth leading with.
- already held entertain people communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
- already held administer appointments management skills
- already held maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep personal administration information skills
- already held manage personal professional development management skills
All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the medium role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn use séance tools required
- still to learn prospect new customers required
- still to learn counsel clients required
- still to learn listen actively required
- still to learn use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held coach clients optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn spiritualism required
- still to learn maintain privacy of service users required
- optional, not held provide spiritual counselling optional
- still to learn rhetoric required
- optional, not held psychology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a medium 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 · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held entertain people skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply crisis intervention optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held perform live optional
- optional, not held coach clients optional
- optional, not held perform improvisation optional
- optional, not held provide spiritual counselling optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
25 held skills the medium role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on body adornment skill
- not needed by the target role apply body paint skill
- not needed by the target role apply permanent make-up skill
- not needed by the target role carry out wound care skill
- not needed by the target role create original paintings skill
- not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
- not needed by the target role give care instructions skill
- not needed by the target role hair removal techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role inform customers about body modifications skill
- not needed by the target role maintain an artistic portfolio skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role perform body piercings skill
- not needed by the target role provide customised products skill
- not needed by the target role select illustration styles skill
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role sterilise working environment skill
- not needed by the target role tattoo customers skill
- not needed by the target role trade in jewellery skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use artistic materials for drawing skill
- not needed by the target role use body adornment equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use body modification techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use digital illustration techniques skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn occultism required
- still to learn spiritualism required
- still to learn rhetoric required
- optional, not held psychology optional
Common questions about this move
Can a body artist become a medium?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A body artist already covers 27% of what a medium is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 3 of which the medium role treats as required.
What skills does a body artist need to become a medium?
9 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is use séance tools.
How hard is the move from body artist to medium?
Its learning distance is 67.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.