Fight director to event electrician
A fight director already meets 31% of what the event electrician role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
57.6/ 100
1 How much of what an event electrician is expected to do is already part of a fight director’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 event electrician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An event electrician role treats 3 of its required skills as things a fight director already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- use personal protection equipment
- work ergonomically
- work with respect for own safety
What stands in the way is 5 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 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An event electrician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fight director background worth leading with.
- already held work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
- already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
- already held manage personal professional development management skills
- already held work ergonomically assisting and caring
All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the event electrician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 6 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 assemble performance equipment required
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
- still to learn organise resources for artistic production required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held assess power needs optional
- still to learn use technical documentation required
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- still to learn ensure safety of mobile electrical systems required
- still to learn store performance equipment required
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an event electrician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble performance equipment practise this
- 02 ensure safety of mobile electrical systems practise this
- 03 store performance equipment practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 4 skills that carry over
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held assess power needs optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
25 held skills the event electrician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt fighting techniques for performance skill
- not needed by the target role adjust the work to the venue skill
- not needed by the target role analyse your fight discipline expertise skill
- not needed by the target role coach performers in your fight discipline skill
- not needed by the target role communicate expectations of fight actions skill
- not needed by the target role create new fight sequences skill
- not needed by the target role define an approach to your fight dicipline skill
- not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
- not needed by the target role engage in fencing skill
- not needed by the target role ensure the longevity of the fight actions skill
- not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage artistic career skill
- not needed by the target role manage artistic project skill
- not needed by the target role memorise lines skill
- not needed by the target role monitor art scene developments skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk assessment for fight actions skill
- not needed by the target role performing arts fights legal regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare performance training session skill
- not needed by the target role read dance scores skill
- not needed by the target role read musical score skill
- not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role supervise performers' fights skill
- not needed by the target role work in an international environment skill
- not needed by the target role write risk assessment on performing arts production skill
Common questions about this move
Can a fight director become an event electrician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A fight director already covers 31% of what an event electrician is expected to do: 4 skills carry over, 3 of which the event electrician role treats as required.
What skills does a fight director need to become an event electrician?
5 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is assemble performance equipment.
How hard is the move from fight director to event electrician?
Its learning distance is 57.6 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.