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

video and motion picture directortoset buyer

A video and motion picture director already meets 32% of what the set buyer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From video and motion picture director
32%
Overlap1
To set buyer
7 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
63.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 63.9

This move: 63.9 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the set buyer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the video and motion picture director 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A set buyer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a video and motion picture director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held cinematography arts and humanities
  • already held ensure visual quality of the set communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held lighting techniques arts and humanities
  • already held film production process arts and humanities
  • already held photography arts and humanities
  • already held analyse a script communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the set buyer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held identify props required
  • required, not held communicate price changes required
  • required, not held maintain relationship with suppliers required
  • required, not held purchase props required
  • optional, not held acquire antique items optional
  • optional, not held adapt props optional
  • optional, not held adapt sets optional
  • optional, not held build props optional
  • optional, not held coordinate purchasing activities optional
  • optional, not held provide customized upholstery optional
  • optional, not held work with prop makers optional
02 management skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held identify suppliers required
  • optional, not held define set building methods optional
  • optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
  • optional, not held manage logistics optional
  • optional, not held manage rented goods returns optional
03 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held room aesthetics required
  • optional, not held film studies optional
04 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held change over props optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of rented items optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a set 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held cinematography knowledge
  • already held film production process knowledge
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held ensure visual quality of the set skill
  • already held lighting techniques knowledge
  • already held photography knowledge
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held acquire antique items optional
  • optional, not held adapt props optional
  • optional, not held adapt sets optional
  • optional, not held build props optional
  • optional, not held change over props optional
  • optional, not held coordinate purchasing activities optional
  • optional, not held define set building methods optional
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of rented items optional
  • optional, not held provide customized upholstery optional
  • optional, not held check deliveries on receipt optional
  • optional, not held film studies optional
  • optional, not held manage logistics optional
  • optional, not held manage rented goods returns optional
  • optional, not held work with prop makers optional
37 held skills the set buyer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt a script skill
  • not needed by the target role adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
  • not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
  • not needed by the target role assess production needs to plan a production schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
  • not needed by the target role attend rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out auditions skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role create production schedules skill
  • not needed by the target role create rough cut skill
  • not needed by the target role design lighting skill
  • not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
  • not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
  • not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role help set rehearsal schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role hire human resources skill
  • not needed by the target role lead cast and crew skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with event sponsors skill
  • not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
  • not needed by the target role organise rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
  • not needed by the target role set up cameras skill
  • not needed by the target role study media sources skill
  • not needed by the target role study relationships between characters skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise camera crew skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise script preparation skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise sound production skill
  • not needed by the target role tell a story skill
  • not needed by the target role watch scenes skill
  • not needed by the target role work with motion picture editing team skill
  • not needed by the target role work with playwrights skill
  • not needed by the target role work with pre-production team skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the director of photography skill
2 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 room aesthetics required
  • optional, not held film studies optional
Index

Other moves recorded from video and motion picture director

Full index of moves from video and motion picture director

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.