performance lighting directortohair stylist
A performance lighting director already meets 42% of what the hair stylist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
42%
57.6/ 100
1 Share of the hair stylist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the performance lighting director 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 hair stylist role treats 7 of its required skills as things a performance lighting director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse a script
- analyse the need for technical resources
- consult with production director
- familiarise with personal directing styles
- finish project within budget
- keep up with trends
What stands in the way is 9 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hair stylist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a performance lighting director background worth leading with.
- already held familiarise with personal directing styles communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with the director of photography communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult with production director communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held lighting techniques arts and humanities
- already held finish project within budget management skills
- already held manage technical resources stock management skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the hair stylist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 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 apply hair cutting techniques required
- required, not held perform quick hair changeovers required
- required, not held work safely with chemicals required
- required, not held dye hair required
- required, not held ensure continuous styling of artists required
- required, not held style hair required
- optional, not held dye wigs optional
- optional, not held design hair style optional
- required, not held follow work schedule required
- optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
- optional, not held draft styling schedule optional
- optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
- required, not held follow directions of the artistic director required
- optional, not held create wigs optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- required, not held hairdressing required
- optional, not held history of hair styles optional
- optional, not held maintain wigs optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hair stylist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply hair cutting techniques skill · sector specific
- 02 perform quick hair changeovers skill · sector specific
- 03 work safely with chemicals 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held analyse a script skill
- already held analyse the need for technical resources skill
- already held consult with production director skill
- already held familiarise with personal directing styles skill
- already held finish project within budget skill
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
- already held attend rehearsals skill
- already held lighting techniques knowledge
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
- already held photography knowledge
- already held work with the director of photography skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held history of hair styles optional
- optional, not held create wigs optional
- optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
- optional, not held dye wigs optional
- optional, not held maintain wigs optional
- optional, not held design hair style optional
- optional, not held draft styling schedule optional
- optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
32 held skills the hair stylist 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 artificial lighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess power needs skill
- not needed by the target role check material resources skill
- not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
- not needed by the target role collaborate on costume and make-up for performances skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role create storyboards skill
- not needed by the target role design an artificial lighting system skill
- not needed by the target role design lighting skill
- not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
- not needed by the target role draw up lighting plan skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
- not needed by the target role focus lighting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role focus stage lights skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role light a show skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role operate a lighting console skill
- not needed by the target role operate lighting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role plan act lighting skill
- not needed by the target role prevent technical problems with lighting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role read lighting plans skill
- not needed by the target role rig lights skill
- not needed by the target role supervise equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise lighting crew skill
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role use specialised design software skill
- not needed by the target role use storyboards skill
- not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role work with the camera crew 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.
- required, not held hairdressing required
- optional, not held history of hair styles optional
Other moves recorded from performance lighting director
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.