event electriciantoground rigger
A event electrician already meets 52% of what the ground rigger role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
52%
48.1/ 100
1 Share of the ground rigger role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the event electrician 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 this move works
A ground rigger role treats 7 of its required skills as things a event electrician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assemble performance equipment
- organise resources for artistic production
- store performance equipment
- use personal protection equipment
- use technical documentation
- work ergonomically
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ground rigger role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a event electrician background worth leading with.
- already held provide power distribution working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held assemble performance equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held organise resources for artistic production management skills
- already held store performance equipment handling and moving
- already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems assisting and caring
- already held manage technical resources stock management skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 7 the ground rigger role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 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.
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- required, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision required
- required, not held work safely with machines required
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held operate telehandler optional
- required, not held assemble truss constructions required
- optional, not held hang chain hoists optional
- optional, not held maintain chain hoists optional
- optional, not held maintain rigging equipment optional
- optional, not held perform regular checks on rigging equipment optional
- optional, not held plot rigging movements optional
- optional, not held evacuate people from heights optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- optional, not held design rigging plots optional
- optional, not held use rope access techniques optional
- optional, not held calculate rigging plots optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a ground rigger role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble truss constructions skill · sector specific
- 02 use communication equipment skill · sector specific
- 03 work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held assemble performance equipment skill
- already held organise resources for artistic production skill
- already held store performance equipment skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
- already held provide power distribution skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held calculate rigging plots optional
- optional, not held design rigging plots optional
- optional, not held hang chain hoists optional
- optional, not held maintain chain hoists optional
- optional, not held maintain rigging equipment optional
- optional, not held perform regular checks on rigging equipment optional
- optional, not held plot rigging movements optional
- optional, not held use rope access techniques optional
- optional, not held evacuate people from heights optional
- optional, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights optional
- optional, not held operate forklift optional
- optional, not held operate telehandler optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
3 held skills the ground rigger role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess power needs skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role set up generators skill
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.