Guitar maker to electronic musical instrument maker
A guitar maker already meets 81% of what the electronic musical instrument maker role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
20/ 100
1 How much of what an electronic musical instrument maker is expected to do is already part of a guitar maker’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 electronic musical instrument maker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An electronic musical instrument maker role treats 9 of its required skills as things a guitar maker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply a protective layer
- assemble musical instrument parts
- create musical instrument parts
- maintain musical instruments
- metalworking
- musical instruments
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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An electronic musical instrument maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a guitar maker background worth leading with.
- already held tuning techniques arts and humanities
- already held assemble musical instrument parts handling and moving
- already held create musical instrument parts handling and moving
- already held musical instruments materials arts and humanities
- already held design musical instruments communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held musical instrument accessories arts and humanities
All 27 carried skills, including the 9 the electronic musical instrument maker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 5 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 electronics required
- optional, not held woodturning optional
- still to learn solder electronics required
- still to learn rewire electronic musical instruments required
- optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an electronic musical instrument maker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 electronics study this
- 02 rewire electronic musical instruments practise this
- 03 solder electronics 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 27 skills that carry over
- already held apply a protective layer skill
- already held assemble musical instrument parts skill
- already held create musical instrument parts skill
- already held maintain musical instruments skill
- already held metalworking knowledge
- already held musical instruments knowledge
- already held musical instruments materials knowledge
- already held repair musical instruments skill
- already held tuning techniques knowledge
- already held acoustics knowledge
- already held apply restoration techniques skill
- already held conservation techniques knowledge
- already held decorate musical instruments skill
- already held design musical instruments skill
- already held estimate restoration costs skill
- already held estimate value of musical instruments skill
- already held evaluate restoration procedures skill
- already held history of musical instruments knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held musical instrument accessories knowledge
- already held organic building materials knowledge
- already held pass on trade techniques skill
- already held restore musical instruments skill
- already held select restoration activities skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held trade in musical instruments skill
- already held verify product specifications skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
- optional, not held woodturning optional
16 held skills the electronic musical instrument maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role create smooth wood surface skill
- not needed by the target role dye wood skill
- not needed by the target role join wood elements skill
- not needed by the target role make bowstrings skill
- not needed by the target role manipulate wood skill
- not needed by the target role play musical instruments skill
- not needed by the target role produce guitar components skill
- not needed by the target role sand wood skill
- not needed by the target role set up the controller of a machine skill
- not needed by the target role stain wood skill
- not needed by the target role tune stringed musical instruments skill
- not needed by the target role types of guitars knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of strings knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of wood knowledge
- not needed by the target role wood cuts knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn electronics required
- optional, not held sales promotion techniques optional
- optional, not held woodturning optional
Common questions about this move
Can a guitar maker become an electronic musical instrument maker?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A guitar maker already covers 81% of what an electronic musical instrument maker is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 9 of which the electronic musical instrument maker role treats as required.
What skills does a guitar maker need to become an electronic musical instrument maker?
3 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is electronics.
How hard is the move from guitar maker to electronic musical instrument maker?
Its learning distance is 20 out of 100, which is the adjacent 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.