event electriciantofollowspot operator
A event electrician already meets 28% of what the followspot operator role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
28%
70.4/ 100
1 Share of the followspot operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the event electrician 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 this move works
A followspot operator role treats 5 of its required skills as things a event electrician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assemble performance equipment
- store performance equipment
- use personal protection equipment
- work ergonomically
- work with respect for own safety
What stands in the way is 14 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A followspot operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a event electrician background worth leading with.
- already held assemble performance equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held store performance equipment handling and moving
- already held work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
- already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
- already held keep personal administration information skills
- already held manage personal professional development management skills
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the followspot operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 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.
- required, not held operate follow spots required
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- required, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision required
- required, not held de-rig electronic equipment required
- required, not held work safely with machines required
- required, not held adapt to artists' creative demands required
- required, not held communicate during show required
- required, not held set up follow spots required
- required, not held understand artistic concepts required
- optional, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue optional
- optional, not held identify technical resources for performances optional
- required, not held prevent fire in a performance environment required
- required, not held follow safety precautions in work practices required
- required, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights required
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- required, not held set up equipment in a timely manner required
- optional, not held pack electronic equipment optional
- required, not held prepare personal work environment required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a followspot operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adapt to artists' creative demands skill · sector specific
- 02 communicate during show skill · sector specific
- 03 operate follow spots skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held assemble performance equipment skill
- already held store performance equipment skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue optional
- optional, not held identify technical resources for performances optional
- optional, not held pack electronic equipment optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
8 held skills the followspot operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess power needs skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage technical resources stock skill
- not needed by the target role organise resources for artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role provide power distribution skill
- not needed by the target role set up generators skill
- not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
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.