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A performance lighting technician already meets 68% of what the light board operator role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 46.7 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the light board operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the performance lighting technician 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 light board operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a performance lighting technician background worth leading with.
- already held rig automated lights constructing
- already held maintain automated lighting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held maintain dimmer equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate dimmer equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held manage performance light quality constructing
- already held operate a lighting console working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 47 carried skills, including the 24 the light board operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 5 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 communicate during show required
- required, not held interpret artistic intentions required
- required, not held intervene with actions on stage required
- required, not held support a designer in the developing process required
- required, not held attend rehearsals required
- optional, not held instruct on set up of equipment optional
- optional, not held adapt existing designs to changed circumstances optional
- optional, not held coach staff for running the performance optional
- optional, not held update design results during rehearsals optional
- required, not held plot lighting states required
- required, not held plot lighting states with automated lights required
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- optional, not held assemble performance equipment optional
- required, not held organise resources for artistic production required
- optional, not held cue a performance optional
- optional, not held manage teamwork optional
- optional, not held update budget optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held provide technical documentation optional
- required, not held perform quality control of design during a run required
- optional, not held monitor developments in technology used for design optional
- required, not held work safely with chemicals required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a light board operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 communicate during show skill · sector specific
- 02 interpret artistic intentions skill · sector specific
- 03 intervene with actions on stage 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 artistic plan to location skill
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- already held assess power needs skill
- already held consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production skill
- already held draw up artistic production skill
- already held draw up lighting plan skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held manage performance light quality skill
- already held operate a lighting console skill
- already held prepare personal work environment skill
- already held prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- already held read lighting plans skill
- already held safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
- already held set up equipment in a timely manner skill
- already held set up light board skill
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
- already held understand artistic concepts skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held use technical documentation 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 advise client on technical possibilities skill
- already held de-rig electronic equipment skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held distribute control signals skill
- already held document your own practice skill
- already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- already held focus lighting equipment skill
- already held focus stage lights skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held maintain automated lighting equipment skill
- already held maintain dimmer equipment skill
- already held maintain lighting equipment skill
- already held maintain system layout for a production skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
- already held operate dimmer equipment skill
- already held pack electronic equipment skill
- already held perform first fire intervention skill
- already held plan act lighting skill
- already held prevent technical problems with lighting equipment skill
- already held rig automated lights skill
- already held rig lights skill
- already held store performance equipment skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held instruct on set up of equipment optional
- optional, not held adapt existing designs to changed circumstances optional
- optional, not held assemble performance equipment optional
- optional, not held coach staff for running the performance optional
- optional, not held cue a performance optional
- optional, not held manage teamwork optional
- optional, not held monitor developments in technology used for design optional
- optional, not held update budget optional
- optional, not held update design results during rehearsals optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held provide technical documentation optional
18 held skills the light board operator 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 analyse the need for technical resources skill
- not needed by the target role artificial lighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role check material resources skill
- not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
- not needed by the target role design an artificial lighting system skill
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role familiarise with personal directing styles skill
- not needed by the target role light a show skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage consumables stock skill
- not needed by the target role manage signoff of an installed system skill
- not needed by the target role operate follow spots skill
- not needed by the target role provide power distribution skill
- not needed by the target role set up follow spots skill
- not needed by the target role set up generators skill
- not needed by the target role work with the director of photography skill
Other moves recorded from performance lighting technician
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.