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

audio describertoweather forecaster

A audio describer already meets 30% of what the weather forecaster role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From audio describer
30%
Overlap1
To weather forecaster
6 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
63.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

30%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.6/ 100

1 Share of the weather forecaster 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 weather forecaster role treats 4 of its required skills as things a audio describer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • breathing techniques
  • present during live broadcasts
  • pronunciation techniques
  • vocal techniques

What stands in the way is 8 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A weather forecaster 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 work with a voice coach communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held present during live broadcasts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held breathing techniques arts and humanities
  • already held vocal techniques arts and humanities
  • already held audiovisual equipment arts and humanities
  • already held pronunciation techniques arts and humanities

All 6 carried skills, including the 4 the weather forecaster role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 information skills 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held review meteorological forecast data required
  • required, not held use meteorological tools to forecast meteorological conditions required
  • required, not held analyse weather forecast required
  • required, not held use specialised computer models for weather forecasting required
  • optional, not held carry out meteorological research optional
  • optional, not held conduct research on climate processes optional
  • optional, not held develop models for weather forecast optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held memorise lines required
  • required, not held read pre-drafted texts required
  • optional, not held adopt a relaxed posture optional
  • optional, not held develop instrumentation systems optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held meteorology required
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use data processing techniques required
05 arts and humanities 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a weather forecaster 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held breathing techniques knowledge
  • already held present during live broadcasts skill
  • already held pronunciation techniques knowledge
  • already held vocal techniques knowledge
  • already held audiovisual equipment knowledge
  • already held work with a voice coach skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adopt a relaxed posture optional
  • optional, not held carry out meteorological research optional
  • optional, not held conduct research on climate processes optional
  • optional, not held develop instrumentation systems optional
  • optional, not held develop models for weather forecast optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
  • optional, not held physics optional
29 held skills the weather forecaster 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 attend read-through skill
  • 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 perform improvisation skill
  • not needed by the target role plan audiovisual recording 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 study media sources skill
  • not needed by the target role study roles from scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role support people with hearing impairment skill
  • not needed by the target role synchronise with mouth movements 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
5 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 meteorology required
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held mathematics optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
  • optional, not held physics 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.