intelligent lighting engineertoperformance lighting technician
A intelligent lighting engineer already meets 78% of what the performance lighting technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 33.5 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the performance lighting technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the intelligent lighting engineer 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 47 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performance lighting technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a intelligent lighting engineer background worth leading with.
- already held rig automated lights constructing
- already held maintain dimmer equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain automated lighting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held distribute control signals working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held set up light board working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain lighting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 47 carried skills, including the 24 the performance lighting technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 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 focus lighting equipment required
- required, not held focus stage lights required
- required, not held light a show required
- required, not held operate dimmer equipment required
- optional, not held operate a lighting console optional
- optional, not held operate follow spots optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
- optional, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held familiarise with personal directing styles optional
- optional, not held set up follow spots optional
- optional, not held work with the director of photography optional
- optional, not held plan act lighting optional
- optional, not held check material resources optional
- optional, not held cinematography optional
- optional, not held manage performance light quality optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a performance lighting technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 focus lighting equipment skill · sector specific
- 02 focus stage lights skill · sector specific
- 03 light a show skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 47 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- already held artificial lighting systems knowledge
- already held assess power needs skill
- already held de-rig electronic equipment skill
- already held distribute control signals skill
- already held draw up lighting plan skill
- already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held maintain dimmer equipment skill
- already held maintain lighting equipment skill
- already held pack electronic equipment skill
- already held prepare personal work environment skill
- already held prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- already held prevent technical problems with lighting equipment skill
- already held provide power distribution skill
- already held rig lights skill
- already held set up equipment in a timely manner skill
- already held store performance equipment skill
- already held understand artistic concepts 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 adapt artistic plan to location skill
- already held advise client on technical possibilities skill
- already held consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production skill
- already held design an artificial lighting system skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held document your own practice skill
- already held draw up artistic production skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held maintain automated lighting equipment skill
- already held maintain electrical equipment skill
- already held maintain system layout for a production skill
- already held manage consumables stock skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage signoff of an installed system skill
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
- already held perform first fire intervention skill
- already held read lighting plans skill
- already held rig automated lights skill
- already held safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
- already held set up light board skill
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held analyse the need for technical resources optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue optional
- optional, not held analyse the need for technical resources optional
- optional, not held cinematography optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held familiarise with personal directing styles optional
- optional, not held manage performance light quality optional
- optional, not held operate a lighting console optional
- optional, not held operate follow spots optional
- optional, not held plan act lighting optional
- optional, not held set up follow spots optional
- optional, not held work with the director of photography optional
- optional, not held check material resources optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
4 held skills the performance lighting technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role image recognition knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain control systems for automated equipment skill
- not needed by the target role plot lighting states skill
- not needed by the target role plot lighting states with automated lights skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held cinematography optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
Other moves recorded from intelligent lighting engineer
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.