Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

performance video designertoperformance lighting designer

A performance video designer already meets 61% of what the performance lighting designer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From performance video designer
61%
Overlap1
To performance lighting designer
41 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
55.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 55.6

This move: 55.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the performance lighting designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the performance video designer 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 41 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performance lighting designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a performance video designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held research new ideas information skills
  • already held verify feasibility information skills
  • already held analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions information skills
  • already held propose improvements to artistic production communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse the scenography communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop design ideas cooperatively communication, collaboration and creativity

All 41 carried skills, including the 27 the performance lighting designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 8 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held define artistic approach required
  • required, not held design an artificial lighting system required
  • required, not held draw up lighting plan required
  • required, not held understand artistic concepts required
  • required, not held attend rehearsals required
  • optional, not held develop drama production process optional
  • optional, not held prospect new customers optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
02 information skills 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held take measurements of performance space required
  • required, not held conduct costume research required
  • required, not held contextualise artistic work required
  • required, not held read lighting plans required
  • required, not held keep up with trends required
  • optional, not held calculate design costs optional
03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held supervise plotting of stage lights required
  • required, not held plan act lighting required
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held prevent fire in a performance environment required
  • required, not held work safely with chemicals required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use specialised design software required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held focus lighting equipment optional
  • optional, not held light a show optional
  • optional, not held operate a lighting console optional
  • optional, not held plot lighting states optional
  • optional, not held plot lighting states with automated lights optional
  • optional, not held set up light board optional
  • optional, not held rig lights optional
  • optional, not held work safely with machines optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a performance lighting designer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 41 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt existing designs to changed circumstances skill
  • already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held analyse music score skill
  • already held analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions skill
  • already held analyse the scenography skill
  • already held assess power needs skill
  • already held coach staff for running the performance skill
  • already held communicate during show skill
  • already held develop design concept skill
  • already held develop design ideas cooperatively skill
  • already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
  • already held meet deadlines skill
  • already held monitor developments in technology used for design skill
  • already held monitor sociological trends skill
  • already held perform quality control of design during a run skill
  • already held present artistic design proposals skill
  • already held propose improvements to artistic production skill
  • already held research new ideas skill
  • already held safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
  • already held update design results during rehearsals skill
  • already held use communication equipment skill
  • already held use technical documentation skill
  • already held verify feasibility skill
  • already held work ergonomically 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 analyse the need for technical resources skill
  • already held copyright legislation knowledge
  • already held document your own practice skill
  • already held draw up artistic production skill
  • already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held lead a team skill
  • already held organise resources for artistic production skill
  • already held provide technical documentation skill
  • already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
  • already held update budget skill
  • already held use personal protection equipment skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held artificial lighting systems optional
08 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held set up equipment in a timely manner optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held artificial lighting systems optional
  • optional, not held calculate design costs optional
  • optional, not held develop drama production process optional
  • optional, not held focus lighting equipment optional
  • optional, not held light a show optional
  • optional, not held operate a lighting console optional
  • optional, not held plot lighting states optional
  • optional, not held plot lighting states with automated lights optional
  • optional, not held prospect new customers optional
  • optional, not held set up equipment in a timely manner optional
  • optional, not held set up light board optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
  • optional, not held rig lights optional
  • optional, not held work safely with machines optional
12 held skills the performance lighting designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adobe creative suite knowledge
  • not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cue a performance skill
  • not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role help the programmer define an artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
  • not needed by the target role run a media server skill
  • not needed by the target role run a projection skill
  • not needed by the target role set up projection equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role tune a projector skill
  • not needed by the target role use presentation software skill
  • not needed by the target role write technical riders skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held artificial lighting systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from performance video designer

Full index of moves from performance video designer

Note

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.