Head of workshop to event electrician
A head of workshop already meets 46% of what the event electrician role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
45.3/ 100
1 How much of what an event electrician is expected to do is already part of a head of workshop’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 head of workshop already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure safety of mobile electrical systems
- use personal protection equipment
- use technical documentation
- 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 5 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 head of workshop background worth leading with.
- already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems assisting and caring
- already held work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
- already held use technical documentation information skills
- already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
- already held work ergonomically assisting and caring
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the event electrician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 5 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
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- 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 store performance equipment required
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration 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 store performance equipment practise this
- 03 organise resources for artistic production 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
8 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 manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
34 held skills the event electrician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the need for technical resources skill
- not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
- not needed by the target role calculate design costs skill
- not needed by the target role commission set construction skill
- not needed by the target role consult with design team skill
- not needed by the target role develop project schedule skill
- not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role make set construction drawings skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage consumables stock skill
- not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
- not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate health and safety issues with third parties skill
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role perform quality control of design during a run skill
- not needed by the target role plan workshop activity skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role react to emergency situations in a live performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role support a designer in the developing process skill
- not needed by the target role translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
- not needed by the target role update budget skill
- not needed by the target role use specialised design software skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals 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
- not needed by the target role write risk assessment on performing arts production skill
Common questions about this move
Can a head of workshop become an event electrician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A head of workshop already covers 46% of what an event electrician is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the event electrician role treats as required.
What skills does a head of workshop need to become an event electrician?
3 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is assemble performance equipment.
How hard is the move from head of workshop to event electrician?
Its learning distance is 45.3 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.