Pyrotechnician to event electrician
A pyrotechnician already meets 75% of what the event electrician role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what an event electrician is expected to do is already part of a pyrotechnician’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 pyrotechnician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure safety of mobile electrical systems
- 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 pyrotechnician background worth leading with.
- already held organise resources for artistic production management skills
- already held store performance equipment handling and moving
- already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems assisting and caring
- already held manage technical resources stock management skills
- already held work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
- already held use technical documentation information skills
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 assemble performance equipment 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 keep personal administration 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 ensure safety of mobile electrical systems 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 manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess power needs optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration 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 artistic plan to location skill
- not needed by the target role adapt existing designs to changed circumstances 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 attend rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role build pyrotechnical devices skill
- not needed by the target role communicate during show skill
- not needed by the target role consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate purchasing activities skill
- not needed by the target role de-rig electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
- not needed by the target role document your own practice skill
- not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role instruct on set up of equipment skill
- 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 lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role maintain system layout for a production 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 manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in technology used for design skill
- not needed by the target role obtain pyrotechnic permits skill
- not needed by the target role operate pyrotechnical control skill
- not needed by the target role pack electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role perform quality control of design during a run skill
- not needed by the target role plan pyrotechnical effects skill
- not needed by the target role prepare personal work environment skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role react to emergency situations in a live performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
- not needed by the target role set up equipment in a timely manner skill
- not needed by the target role set up pyrotechnical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role store pyrotechnical materials skill
- not needed by the target role support a designer in the developing process skill
11 further entries not listed here
Common questions about this move
Can a pyrotechnician become an event electrician?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A pyrotechnician 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 pyrotechnician 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 working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is assemble performance equipment.
How hard is the move from pyrotechnician to event electrician?
Its learning distance is 22 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.