media integration operatortofollowspot operator
A media integration operator already meets 67% of what the followspot operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
36.4/ 100
1 Share of the followspot operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the media integration 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 followspot operator role treats 14 of its required skills as things a media integration operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- assemble performance equipment
- communicate during show
- follow safety precautions in work practices
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- prepare personal work environment
What stands in the way is 5 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A followspot operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a media integration operator background worth leading with.
- already held follow safety precautions in work practices assisting and caring
- already held assemble performance equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held pack electronic equipment handling and moving
- already held communicate during show communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use communication equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held prepare personal work environment management skills
All 15 carried skills, including the 14 the followspot operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 6 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 set up equipment in a timely manner required
- required, not held store performance equipment required
- required, not held operate follow spots required
- required, not held de-rig electronic equipment required
- required, not held set up follow spots required
- optional, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue optional
- optional, not held identify technical resources for performances optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a followspot operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 operate follow spots skill · sector specific
- 02 set up equipment in a timely manner skill · sector specific
- 03 set up follow spots 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 15 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- already held assemble performance equipment skill
- already held communicate during show skill
- already held follow safety precautions in work practices skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held prepare personal work environment skill
- already held prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- already held understand artistic concepts skill
- already held use communication 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 pack electronic equipment skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue optional
- optional, not held identify technical resources for performances optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
38 held skills the followspot operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt artistic plan to location skill
- not needed by the target role adapt existing designs to changed circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role analyse network bandwidth requirements skill
- not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
- not needed by the target role attend rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role configure media integration systems skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate with creative departments skill
- not needed by the target role design a media integration system skill
- not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
- not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
- not needed by the target role interactive media knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret artistic intentions skill
- not needed by the target role intervene with actions on stage skill
- not needed by the target role keep up with trends skill
- not needed by the target role maintain media integration equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain system layout for a production skill
- not needed by the target role manage multi frequency wireless signal distribution skill
- not needed by the target role manage temporary ICT networks for live performance skill
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in technology used for design skill
- not needed by the target role operate media integration systems skill
- not needed by the target role plot show control cues skill
- not needed by the target role prevent technical problems with media integration systems skill
- not needed by the target role propose improvements to artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role repair equipment on site skill
- not needed by the target role set up media integration systems skill
- not needed by the target role set up media storage 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 design results during rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role upgrade firmware skill
- not needed by the target role use capturing systems for live performance skill
- not needed by the target role use media software skill
- not needed by the target role use performance 3D visualisation techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use software libraries skill
- not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill
Other moves recorded from media integration 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.