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

cultural visitor services managertocultural facilities manager

A cultural visitor services manager already meets 19% of what the cultural facilities manager role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cultural visitor services manager
19%
Overlap1
To cultural facilities manager
8 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
85 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance A rebuild

85/ 100

1 Share of the cultural facilities manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cultural visitor services manager 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 cultural facilities manager role treats 8 of its required skills as things a cultural visitor services manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • approve reports for artistic project
  • assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues
  • create cultural venue learning strategies
  • create cultural venue outreach policies
  • evaluate cultural venue programmes
  • evaluate cultural venue visitor needs

What stands in the way is 15 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A cultural facilities manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a cultural visitor services manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create cultural venue learning strategies management skills
  • already held create cultural venue outreach policies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues assisting and caring
  • already held evaluate cultural venue programmes information skills
  • already held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs management skills
  • already held approve reports for artistic project information skills

All 8 carried skills, including the 8 the cultural facilities manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 70 missing skills fall into 6 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 management skills 11 required, 17 supplementary
  • required, not held organise participation in local or international events required
  • required, not held develop cultural policies required
  • required, not held manage cultural facility required
  • required, not held organise cultural events required
  • required, not held develop cultural activities required
  • required, not held establish daily priorities required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage logistics required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held manage supplies required
  • required, not held supervise daily information operations required
  • optional, not held assemble an artistic team optional
  • optional, not held coordinate artistic production optional
  • optional, not held coordinate community arts activities optional
  • optional, not held coordinate rehearsals optional
  • optional, not held direct an artistic team optional
  • optional, not held manage artistic project optional
  • optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
  • optional, not held create production schedules optional
  • optional, not held create project specifications optional
  • optional, not held fix meetings optional
  • optional, not held manage fundraising activities optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held plan artistic production activities optional
  • optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
  • optional, not held plan resource allocation optional
  • optional, not held set organisational policies optional
  • optional, not held strive for company growth optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held follow company standards required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
  • optional, not held manage health and safety standards optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held corporate social responsibility required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held cost management optional
  • optional, not held facilities management in the organisation optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held cultural projects required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 23 supplementary
  • optional, not held coordinate with creative departments optional
  • optional, not held cope with challenging demands optional
  • optional, not held define artistic approach optional
  • optional, not held define artistic vision optional
  • optional, not held develop an artistic framework optional
  • optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
  • optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held organise an exhibition optional
  • optional, not held participate in artistic mediation activities optional
  • optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held represent artistic production optional
  • optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held build community relations optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held develop promotional tools optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationships with government agencies optional
  • optional, not held represent the organisation optional
06 information skills 8 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop artistic project budgets optional
  • optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
  • optional, not held analyse external factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held analyse financial performance of a company optional
  • optional, not held analyse internal factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held estimate needs of artistic production optional
  • optional, not held monitor artistic activities optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cultural facilities manager 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held approve reports for artistic project skill
  • already held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues skill
  • already held create cultural venue learning strategies skill
  • already held create cultural venue outreach policies skill
  • already held evaluate cultural venue programmes skill
  • already held evaluate cultural venue visitor needs skill
  • already held promote cultural venue events skill
  • already held work with cultural venue specialists skill
55 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assemble an artistic team optional
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held coordinate artistic production optional
  • optional, not held coordinate community arts activities optional
  • optional, not held coordinate rehearsals optional
  • optional, not held coordinate with creative departments optional
  • optional, not held cope with challenging demands optional
  • optional, not held cost management optional
  • optional, not held define artistic approach optional
  • optional, not held define artistic vision optional
  • optional, not held develop an artistic framework optional
  • optional, not held develop artistic project budgets optional
  • optional, not held direct an artistic team optional
  • optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
  • optional, not held facilities management in the organisation optional
  • optional, not held liaise with cultural partners optional
  • optional, not held liaise with event sponsors optional
  • optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
  • optional, not held manage artistic project optional
  • optional, not held organise an exhibition optional
  • optional, not held participate in artistic mediation activities optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held provide project information on exhibitions optional
  • optional, not held represent artistic production optional
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held advise on efficiency improvements optional
  • optional, not held analyse external factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held analyse financial performance of a company optional
  • optional, not held analyse internal factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held apply strategic thinking optional
  • optional, not held build business relationships optional
  • optional, not held build community relations optional
  • optional, not held create production schedules optional
  • optional, not held create project specifications optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held develop promotional tools optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held estimate needs of artistic production optional

15 further entries not listed here

10 held skills the cultural facilities manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role consult exhibition organisers skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
  • not needed by the target role develop outreach training plans skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure infrastructure accessibility skill
  • not needed by the target role establish educational network skill
  • not needed by the target role manage art facilities staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role plan art educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role promote cultural venue in schools skill
8 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 corporate social responsibility required
  • required, not held cultural projects required
  • optional, not held budgetary principles optional
  • optional, not held cost management optional
  • optional, not held facilities management in the organisation optional
  • optional, not held project management optional
  • optional, not held accounting optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from cultural visitor services manager

Full index of moves from cultural visitor services manager

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.