followspot operatortotent installer
A followspot operator already meets 70% of what the tent installer role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
29.2/ 100
1 Share of the tent installer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the followspot operator 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 tent installer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a followspot operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assemble performance equipment
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- prevent fire in a performance environment
- store performance equipment
- use personal protection equipment
- work ergonomically
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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tent installer 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 perform first fire intervention assisting and caring
- already held store performance equipment handling and moving
- already held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held prevent fire in a performance environment assisting and caring
- already held work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the tent installer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 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.
- required, not held use technical documentation required
- optional, not held write risk assessment on performing arts production optional
- required, not held organise resources for artistic production required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- required, not held assemble tent constructions required
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held operate telehandler optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a tent installer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble tent constructions skill · occupation specific
- 02 organise resources for artistic production skill · cross sector
- 03 use technical documentation skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held assemble performance equipment skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- already held store performance equipment skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work safely with machines skill
- already held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision 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
- already held perform first fire intervention skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held write risk assessment on performing arts production optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held operate telehandler optional
13 held skills the tent installer 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 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 prepare personal work 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
Other moves recorded from followspot operator
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.