Followspot operator to event electrician
A followspot operator already meets 56% of what the event electrician role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
37.1/ 100
1 How much of what an event electrician is expected to do is already part of a followspot operator’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 5 of its required skills as things a followspot operator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assemble performance equipment
- store performance equipment
- use personal protection equipment
- work ergonomically
- work with respect for own safety
What stands in the way is 3 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. An event electrician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a followspot operator 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 event electrician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 8 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 organise resources for artistic production required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held assess power needs optional
- still to learn ensure safety of mobile electrical systems required
- still to learn use technical documentation required
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
- optional, not held set up generators 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 ensure safety of mobile electrical systems practise this
- 02 organise resources for artistic production practise this
- 03 use technical documentation 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 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
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held assess power needs optional
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
18 held skills the event electrician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
- not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- not needed by the target role communicate during show skill
- not needed by the target role de-rig electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety precautions in work practices skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role identify technical resources for performances skill
- not needed by the target role operate follow spots skill
- not needed by the target role pack electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role prepare personal work environment skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role set up equipment in a timely manner skill
- not needed by the target role set up follow spots skill
- not needed by the target role understand artistic concepts skill
- not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with machines skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision skill
Other moves recorded from followspot operator
Common questions about this move
Can a followspot operator become an event electrician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A followspot operator already covers 56% of what an event electrician is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the event electrician role treats as required.
What skills does a followspot operator need to become an event electrician?
3 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is ensure safety of mobile electrical systems.
How hard is the move from followspot operator to event electrician?
Its learning distance is 37.1 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.