Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a sound artist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sound artist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Sound artists use sound as a main creative medium. They express, through the creation of sounds, their intention and identity. Sound art is interdisciplinary in nature and takes on hybrid forms.

Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: glass artist, 39%

glass artist 39% covered street artist 39% covered performance artist 39% covered conceptual artist 36% covered drawing artist 34% covered sound artist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from sound artist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sound artist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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sound artist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sound artist 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.