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

set buyertocostume buyer

A set buyer already meets 44% of what the costume buyer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From set buyer
44%
Overlap1
To costume buyer
13 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
55.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.2/ 100

1 Share of the costume buyer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the set buyer 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

Why this move works

A costume buyer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a set buyer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate price changes
  • identify suppliers
  • maintain relationship with suppliers
  • manage budgets

What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A costume buyer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a set buyer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held film studies arts and humanities
  • already held communicate price changes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage rented goods returns management skills
  • already held coordinate purchasing activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain inventory of rented items information skills
  • already held check deliveries on receipt management skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 4 the costume buyer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held place orders for clothing merchandise required
  • required, not held place orders for textile materials required
  • optional, not held define costume materials optional
  • optional, not held organise costume fittings optional
  • optional, not held select costumes optional
  • optional, not held synthesise clothing with accessories optional
02 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse costume sketches required
  • optional, not held conduct costume research optional
  • optional, not held document costume stock optional
  • optional, not held keep up to date on costume design optional
03 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held mark differences in colours required
  • optional, not held assemble costume parts optional
  • optional, not held maintain costumes optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held aesthetics required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held dressmaking optional
  • optional, not held fabric types optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure continuous styling of artists optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a costume buyer 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate price changes skill
  • already held identify suppliers skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held check deliveries on receipt skill
  • already held coordinate purchasing activities skill
  • already held film production process knowledge
  • already held film studies knowledge
  • already held lighting techniques knowledge
  • already held maintain inventory of rented items skill
  • already held manage logistics skill
  • already held manage rented goods returns skill
  • already held photography knowledge
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assemble costume parts optional
  • optional, not held conduct costume research optional
  • optional, not held define costume materials optional
  • optional, not held document costume stock optional
  • optional, not held keep up to date on costume design optional
  • optional, not held maintain costumes optional
  • optional, not held organise costume fittings optional
  • optional, not held select costumes optional
  • optional, not held synthesise clothing with accessories optional
  • optional, not held dressmaking optional
  • optional, not held ensure continuous styling of artists optional
  • optional, not held fabric types optional
14 held skills the costume buyer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role acquire antique items skill
  • not needed by the target role adapt props skill
  • not needed by the target role adapt sets skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
  • not needed by the target role build props skill
  • not needed by the target role change over props skill
  • not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define set building methods skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure visual quality of the set skill
  • not needed by the target role identify props skill
  • not needed by the target role provide customized upholstery skill
  • not needed by the target role purchase props skill
  • not needed by the target role room aesthetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work with prop makers skill
3 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
  • required, not held aesthetics required
  • optional, not held dressmaking optional
  • optional, not held fabric types optional
Index

Other moves recorded from set buyer

Full index of moves from set buyer

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.