video techniciantomask maker
A video technician already meets 70% of what the mask maker role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
31.3/ 100
1 Share of the mask maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the video technician 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 this move works
A mask maker role treats 10 of its required skills as things a video technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- keep up with trends
- prepare personal work environment
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
- understand artistic concepts
- use personal protection equipment
What stands in the way is 3 required skills 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mask maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a video technician background worth leading with.
- already held manage consumables stock management skills
- already held prepare personal work environment management skills
- already held manage technical resources stock management skills
- already held understand artistic concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep up with trends information skills
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 10 the mask maker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 missing skills fall into 3 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.
- required, not held maintain workshop space required
- required, not held meet deadlines required
- optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
- optional, not held organise workshop space optional
- optional, not held plan workshop activity optional
- required, not held maintain theatre equipment required
- optional, not held design make-up effects optional
- optional, not held draw make-up sketches optional
- optional, not held support a designer in the developing process optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mask maker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain theatre equipment skill · sector specific
- 02 maintain workshop space skill · sector specific
- 03 meet deadlines skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held prepare personal work environment skill
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
- already held understand artistic concepts skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work safely with chemicals skill
- already held work safely with machines 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 consumables stock skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
- optional, not held design make-up effects optional
- optional, not held draw make-up sketches optional
- optional, not held organise workshop space optional
- optional, not held plan workshop activity optional
- optional, not held support a designer in the developing process optional
30 held skills the mask maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt artistic plan to location skill
- not needed by the target role adjust projector skill
- not needed by the target role advise client on technical possibilities skill
- not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
- not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate audio system programmes 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 ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role install image equipment skill
- not needed by the target role instruct on set up of equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain audiovisual equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain system layout for a production skill
- not needed by the target role manage signoff of an installed system skill
- not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
- not needed by the target role pack electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role problem-solving with digital tools skill
- not needed by the target role run a projection skill
- not needed by the target role safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
- not needed by the target role set up cameras skill
- not needed by the target role set up equipment in a timely manner skill
- not needed by the target role set up projection equipment skill
- not needed by the target role store performance equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use a telecine skill
- not needed by the target role use presentation software skill
- not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision skill
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.