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

dressertoperformance hairdresser

A dresser already meets 62% of what the performance hairdresser role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From dresser
62%
Overlap1
To performance hairdresser
16 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
39.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 39.7

This move: 39.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the performance hairdresser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dresser 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performance hairdresser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dresser background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise client on technical possibilities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held document your own practice information skills
  • already held manage consumables stock management skills
  • already held prepare personal work environment management skills
  • already held safeguard artistic quality of performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held understand artistic concepts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 16 carried skills, including the 8 the performance hairdresser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 5 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply hair cutting techniques required
  • required, not held perform quick hair changeovers required
  • optional, not held dye wigs optional
02 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
03 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held maintain wigs required
04 services 1 required
  • required, not held hair required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held create wigs optional
  • optional, not held design make-up effects optional
  • optional, not held draw make-up sketches optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a performance hairdresser 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
  • already held prepare personal work environment skill
  • already held safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
  • already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
  • already held understand artistic concepts skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held work safely with chemicals skill
  • already held work with respect for own safety skill
  • already held advise client on technical possibilities skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held document your own practice skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held manage consumables stock skill
  • already held manage personal professional development skill
  • already held prevent fire in a performance environment skill
  • already held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create wigs optional
  • optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
  • optional, not held design make-up effects optional
  • optional, not held draw make-up sketches optional
  • optional, not held dye wigs optional
10 held skills the performance hairdresser role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist with dressing skill
  • not needed by the target role dress actors skill
  • not needed by the target role history of fashion knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain costumes skill
  • not needed by the target role perform costume changeovers skill
  • not needed by the target role preset costumes skill
  • not needed by the target role standard sizing systems for clothing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role wash costumes skill
  • not needed by the target role work safely with machines skill
1 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 hair required
Index

Other moves recorded from dresser

Full index of moves from dresser

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.