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

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

Special effects artists create illusions for movies, videos and computer games. They use computer software.

Professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: animator, 80%

animator 80% covered animation layout artist 67% covered animation director 63% covered stop-motion animator 54% covered storyboard artist 44% covered special effects artist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from special effects artist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a special effects 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 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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special effects 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 special effects 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.