Where a set buyer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a set buyer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Set buyers analyse the script in order to identify the set dressing and the props needed for all individual scenes. They also consult with the production designer and the prop and set making team. Set buyers buy, rent or commission the making of the props. Set buyers make sure sets are authentic and believable.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 44%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 0difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 27required or supplementary
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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set buyer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a set buyer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.