event scaffoldertoground rigger
A event scaffolder already meets 67% of what the ground rigger role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
34.7/ 100
1 Share of the ground rigger role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the event scaffolder 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 9 of its required skills as things a event scaffolder 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 2 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 17 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 scaffolder background worth leading with.
- already held operate telehandler working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held use rope access techniques handling and moving
- 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 manage technical resources stock management skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the ground rigger role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 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.
- 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
- required, not held use communication equipment required
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
- optional, not held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems optional
- optional, not held evacuate people from heights optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- optional, not held design rigging plots optional
- optional, not held calculate rigging plots optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 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
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 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 safely with machines skill
- already held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
- already held operate forklift skill
- already held operate telehandler skill
- already held use rope access techniques skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held calculate rigging plots optional
- optional, not held design rigging plots optional
- optional, not held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems 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 evacuate people from heights optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- optional, not held provide power distribution optional
13 held skills the ground rigger role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role attach roofing cover skill
- not needed by the target role build scaffolding skill
- not needed by the target role construct working platform skill
- not needed by the target role dismantle scaffolding skill
- not needed by the target role inspect scaffolding skill
- not needed by the target role install metal roofing skill
- not needed by the target role install temporary audience accommodation skill
- not needed by the target role plan scaffolding skill
- not needed by the target role position guardrails and toeboards skill
- not needed by the target role position outriggers skill
- not needed by the target role rig loads skill
- not needed by the target role scaffolding components knowledge
- not needed by the target role set up stage decks 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.