Prop master/prop mistress to event electrician
A prop master/prop mistress already meets 75% of what the event electrician role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
22.3/ 100
1 How much of what an event electrician is expected to do is already part of a prop master/prop mistress’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the event electrician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An event electrician role treats 7 of its required skills as things a prop master/prop mistress already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assemble performance equipment
- organise resources for artistic production
- store performance equipment
- use personal protection equipment
- use technical documentation
- work ergonomically
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An event electrician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a prop master/prop mistress background worth leading with.
- already held assemble performance equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held organise resources for artistic production management skills
- already held store performance equipment handling and moving
- already held work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
- already held use technical documentation information skills
- already held use personal protection equipment assisting and caring
All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the event electrician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 6 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn ensure safety of mobile electrical systems required
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held assess power needs optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries an event electrician 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 · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held assemble performance equipment skill
- already held organise resources for artistic production skill
- already held store performance equipment skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held assess power needs optional
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
51 held skills the event electrician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt props skill
- not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- not needed by the target role advise client on technical possibilities skill
- not needed by the target role assemble scenic elements on stage skill
- not needed by the target role assemble the rehearsal set skill
- not needed by the target role build devices into props skill
- not needed by the target role change over props skill
- not needed by the target role consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production skill
- not needed by the target role define prop building methods skill
- not needed by the target role define prop materials skill
- not needed by the target role design props skill
- not needed by the target role develop prop effects skill
- not needed by the target role document your own practice skill
- not needed by the target role draw prop sketches skill
- not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role ensure visual quality of the set skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role hand props to actors skill
- not needed by the target role instruct on set up of equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain props skill
- not needed by the target role maintain stage weapons skill
- not needed by the target role manage consumables stock skill
- not needed by the target role manage stage effects skill
- not needed by the target role mark the stage area skill
- not needed by the target role modify scenic elements during performance skill
- not needed by the target role obtain pyrotechnic permits skill
- not needed by the target role obtain stage weapon permits skill
- not needed by the target role operate pyrotechnical control skill
- not needed by the target role organise stage skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role plan pyrotechnical effects skill
- not needed by the target role plan weapon use on stage skill
- not needed by the target role prepare personal work environment skill
- not needed by the target role prepare stage effects skill
- not needed by the target role prepare stage weapons skill
- not needed by the target role preset props skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role purchase props skill
- not needed by the target role purchase stage weapons skill
- not needed by the target role safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
11 further entries not listed here
Other moves recorded from prop master/prop mistress
Common questions about this move
Can a prop master/prop mistress become an event electrician?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A prop master/prop mistress already covers 75% of what an event electrician is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 7 of which the event electrician role treats as required.
What skills does a prop master/prop mistress need to become an event electrician?
1 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is ensure safety of mobile electrical systems.
How hard is the move from prop master/prop mistress to event electrician?
Its learning distance is 22.3 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.