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

community artisttoperformance artist

A community artist already meets 34% of what the performance artist role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From community artist
34%
Overlap1
To performance artist
15 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
70.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.6/ 100

1 Share of the performance artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the community artist 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 performance artist role treats 7 of its required skills as things a community artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • art history
  • contextualise artistic work
  • define artistic approach
  • discuss artwork
  • intellectual property law
  • interact with an audience

What stands in the way is 15 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performance artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a community artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held participate in music studio recordings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held discuss artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage artistic project management skills
  • already held interact with an audience communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity

All 15 carried skills, including the 7 the performance artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 4 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 10 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust the performance to different environments required
  • required, not held self-promote required
  • required, not held adapt artistic plan to location required
  • required, not held define artistic vision required
  • required, not held follow time cues required
  • required, not held perform live required
  • required, not held study roles from scripts required
  • required, not held work with an artistic team required
  • required, not held attend rehearsals required
  • required, not held manage feedback required
  • optional, not held create an artistic performance optional
  • optional, not held perform costume changeovers optional
  • optional, not held perform dances optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held create digital images optional
  • optional, not held interact with fellow actors optional
02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held gather reference materials for artwork required
  • required, not held monitor art scene developments required
  • required, not held monitor sociological trends required
  • required, not held keep up with trends required
  • optional, not held assess conservation needs optional
03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse own performance required
  • optional, not held plan art educational activities optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
04 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
  • optional, not held ensure health and safety of visitors optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a performance artist 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held contextualise artistic work skill
  • already held define artistic approach skill
  • already held discuss artwork skill
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held interact with an audience skill
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held develop artistic educational activities skill
  • already held develop artistic project budgets skill
  • already held develop educational resources skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held manage artistic project skill
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • already held participate in music studio recordings skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess conservation needs optional
  • optional, not held create an artistic performance optional
  • optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
  • optional, not held perform costume changeovers optional
  • optional, not held perform dances optional
  • optional, not held plan art educational activities optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held create digital images optional
  • optional, not held ensure health and safety of visitors optional
  • optional, not held interact with fellow actors optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
30 held skills the performance artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adopt a person-centred approach to community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role approve reports for artistic project skill
  • not needed by the target role assess community arts programme resources skill
  • not needed by the target role assess data collected to improve community arts programme skill
  • not needed by the target role assess your competencies in leading community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role balance participants' personal needs with group needs skill
  • not needed by the target role be a role model in community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate with stakeholders in leading community arts skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with target community skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate community arts activities skill
  • not needed by the target role define roles of supporting team for community arts programme skill
  • not needed by the target role demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style skill
  • not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic coaching programme skill
  • not needed by the target role develop cultural activities skill
  • not needed by the target role direct community arts activities skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate supporting team in community arts program skill
  • not needed by the target role help the programmer define an artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role identify sources on potential target communities for art skill
  • not needed by the target role manage participants' expectations in arts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
  • not needed by the target role read scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role record lessons learnt from your sessions skill
  • not needed by the target role research your target community skill
  • not needed by the target role study community as a target community skill
  • not needed by the target role theatre techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
  • not needed by the target role work with respect for own safety skill
  • not needed by the target role work with supporting team in community arts programme skill
Index

Other moves recorded from community artist

Full index of moves from community artist

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.