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

circus artisttopuppeteer

A circus artist already meets 48% of what the puppeteer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From circus artist
48%
Overlap1
To puppeteer
13 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
55.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.9/ 100

1 Share of the puppeteer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the circus artist 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 puppeteer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a circus artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse own performance
  • attend rehearsals
  • follow time cues
  • interact with an audience
  • interact with fellow actors
  • manage feedback

What stands in the way is 7 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 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A puppeteer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a circus artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use declaiming techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held interact with fellow actors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform live communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage artistic career communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse own performance management skills
  • already held study roles from scripts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 13 carried skills, including the 10 the puppeteer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 3 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 6 required, 11 supplementary
  • required, not held act for an audience required
  • required, not held adapt to acting roles required
  • required, not held develop puppet shows required
  • required, not held engage the audience emotionally required
  • required, not held interpret performance concepts in the creative process required
  • required, not held manipulate puppets required
  • optional, not held design puppets optional
  • optional, not held participate in artistic mediation activities optional
  • optional, not held perform for young audiences optional
  • optional, not held perform music in ensemble optional
  • optional, not held perform music solo optional
  • optional, not held play musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held practice dance moves optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held work in an international environment optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
02 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cope with stage fright required
  • optional, not held work within communities optional
03 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held create puppets optional
  • optional, not held sew puppet clothing optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a puppeteer 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse own performance skill
  • already held attend rehearsals skill
  • already held follow time cues skill
  • already held interact with an audience skill
  • already held interact with fellow actors skill
  • already held manage feedback skill
  • already held perform live skill
  • already held study roles from scripts skill
  • already held use declaiming techniques skill
  • already held work with an artistic team skill
  • already held follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • already held manage artistic career skill
  • already held manage artistic project skill
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create puppets optional
  • optional, not held design puppets optional
  • optional, not held participate in artistic mediation activities optional
  • optional, not held perform for young audiences optional
  • optional, not held perform music in ensemble optional
  • optional, not held perform music solo optional
  • optional, not held play musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held practice dance moves optional
  • optional, not held sew puppet clothing optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held work in an international environment optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
  • optional, not held work within communities optional
26 held skills the puppeteer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt artistic plan to location skill
  • not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
  • not needed by the target role assess artistic proposal skill
  • not needed by the target role balance the project requirements with health and safety concerns skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out physical training skill
  • not needed by the target role check circus rigging before performance skill
  • not needed by the target role check the production schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role circus aesthetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role circus dramaturgy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role circus vocabulary knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role define artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role define rigging needs for circus acts skill
  • not needed by the target role define the visual universe of your creation skill
  • not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of exercise environment skill
  • not needed by the target role instruct on circus rigging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain rigging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role make up performing artists skill
  • not needed by the target role practice circus disciplines skill
  • not needed by the target role renew artistic practice skill
  • not needed by the target role select artistic materials to create artworks skill
  • not needed by the target role select music for performance skill
  • not needed by the target role use rope access techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role work with circus group skill
  • not needed by the target role work with respect for own safety skill
Index

Other moves recorded from circus artist

Full index of moves from circus artist

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.