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

audio describertovoice-over artist

A audio describer already meets 24% of what the voice-over artist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From audio describer
24%
Overlap1
To voice-over artist
9 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
73.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.3/ 100

1 Share of the voice-over artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the audio describer 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

Why this move works

A voice-over artist role treats 3 of its required skills as things a audio describer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • study media sources
  • study roles from scripts
  • synchronise with mouth movements

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A voice-over artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a audio describer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held synchronise with mouth movements working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held work with a voice coach communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held attend read-through communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform improvisation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held study roles from scripts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held breathing techniques arts and humanities

All 9 carried skills, including the 3 the voice-over artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 4 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 9 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt to acting roles required
  • required, not held adapt to type of media required
  • required, not held analyse a script required
  • required, not held memorise lines required
  • required, not held perform scenes for filming required
  • required, not held work with an artistic team required
  • required, not held follow directions of the artistic director required
  • required, not held perform scripted dialogue required
  • required, not held rehearse role required
  • optional, not held use dialect optional
  • optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held interact with fellow actors optional
  • optional, not held practise singing optional
  • optional, not held rehearse with fellow actors optional
02 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse the original actor's way of speaking required
  • required, not held follow work schedule required
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
03 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held acting techniques required
  • optional, not held film production process optional
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held study relationships between characters required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a voice-over artist 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held study media sources skill
  • already held study roles from scripts skill
  • already held synchronise with mouth movements skill
  • already held attend read-through skill
  • already held breathing techniques knowledge
  • already held perform improvisation skill
  • already held pronunciation techniques knowledge
  • already held vocal techniques knowledge
  • already held work with a voice coach skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held use dialect optional
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held interact with fellow actors optional
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
  • optional, not held practise singing optional
  • optional, not held rehearse with fellow actors optional
26 held skills the voice-over artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt voice register to the audio material skill
  • not needed by the target role add elocution techniques to recording audio materials skill
  • not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role audiovisual products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communication related to hearing impairment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
  • not needed by the target role integrate content into output media skill
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a good diction skill
  • not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate audio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role plan audiovisual recording skill
  • not needed by the target role present during live broadcasts skill
  • not needed by the target role record audio materials skill
  • not needed by the target role report live online skill
  • not needed by the target role screen reader knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support people with hearing impairment skill
  • not needed by the target role types of media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
  • not needed by the target role use microphone skill
  • not needed by the target role use office systems skill
  • not needed by the target role write in conversational tone skill
  • not needed by the target role write voice-overs skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
2 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 acting techniques required
  • optional, not held film production process optional
Index

Other moves recorded from audio describer

Full index of moves from audio describer

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.