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

wig and hairpiece makertoperformance hairdresser

A wig and hairpiece maker already meets 67% of what the performance hairdresser role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From wig and hairpiece maker
67%
Overlap1
To performance hairdresser
17 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
34.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 34.7

This move: 34.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the performance hairdresser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the wig and hairpiece maker 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performance hairdresser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wig and hairpiece maker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create wigs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held design make-up effects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held dye wigs assisting and caring
  • already held decide on wig making process management skills
  • already held maintain wigs handling and moving
  • already held manage consumables stock management skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the performance hairdresser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply hair cutting techniques required
  • required, not held perform quick hair changeovers required
  • optional, not held prevent fire in a performance environment optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held safeguard artistic quality of performance required
  • optional, not held draw make-up sketches optional
  • optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held hair required
04 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held document your own practice optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a performance hairdresser 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
  • already held maintain wigs skill
  • already held meet deadlines 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 work ergonomically skill
  • already held work safely with chemicals skill
  • already held work with respect for own safety skill
  • already held create wigs skill
  • already held decide on wig making process skill
  • already held design make-up effects skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held dye wigs skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held manage consumables stock skill
  • already held manage personal professional development skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held document your own practice optional
  • optional, not held draw make-up sketches optional
  • optional, not held prevent fire in a performance environment optional
  • optional, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision optional
  • optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
9 held skills the performance hairdresser role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role develop the look of a production skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up with trends skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain theatre equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain workshop space skill
  • not needed by the target role manage technical resources stock skill
  • not needed by the target role organise workshop space skill
  • not needed by the target role plan workshop activity skill
  • not needed by the target role support a designer in the developing process skill
  • not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
1 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 hair required
Index

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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.