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

extratocostume attendant

A extra already meets 21% of what the costume attendant role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From extra
21%
Overlap1
To costume attendant
7 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
73.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

21%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.9/ 100

1 Share of the costume attendant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the extra 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 costume attendant role treats 2 of its required skills as things a extra already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse a script
  • follow directions of the artistic director

What stands in the way is 10 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A costume attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a extra background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held work with the camera crew communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with the lighting crew communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with the director of photography communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held lighting techniques arts and humanities
  • already held follow directions of the artistic director communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held photography arts and humanities

All 7 carried skills, including the 2 the costume attendant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 7 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held dress actors required
  • required, not held perform costume changeovers required
  • required, not held select costumes required
  • optional, not held adapt costumes optional
  • optional, not held organise costume fittings optional
  • optional, not held attend rehearsals optional
02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held preset costumes required
  • required, not held follow work schedule required
  • optional, not held plan transport operations optional
  • optional, not held draft styling schedule optional
  • optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
03 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain costumes required
  • required, not held wash costumes required
  • optional, not held use manual sewing techniques optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held assist with dressing required
  • required, not held ensure continuous styling of artists required
05 information skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held document costume stock required
  • optional, not held analyse the need for technical resources optional
  • optional, not held measure the human body for wearing apparel optional
  • optional, not held draw up artists' measurements optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held dressmaking optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a costume attendant 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • already held lighting techniques knowledge
  • already held photography knowledge
  • already held work with the camera crew skill
  • already held work with the director of photography skill
  • already held work with the lighting crew skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held sew pieces of fabric optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adapt costumes optional
  • optional, not held analyse the need for technical resources optional
  • optional, not held measure the human body for wearing apparel optional
  • optional, not held organise costume fittings optional
  • optional, not held plan transport operations optional
  • optional, not held use manual sewing techniques optional
  • optional, not held attend rehearsals optional
  • optional, not held draft styling schedule optional
  • optional, not held draw up artists' measurements optional
  • optional, not held dressmaking optional
  • optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
  • optional, not held sew pieces of fabric optional
17 held skills the costume attendant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role act discreetly skill
  • not needed by the target role act reliably skill
  • not needed by the target role acting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adapt to acting roles skill
  • not needed by the target role collaborate on costume and make-up for performances skill
  • not needed by the target role exercise sports skill
  • not needed by the target role express yourself physically skill
  • not needed by the target role harmonise body movements skill
  • not needed by the target role perform dances skill
  • not needed by the target role perform scenes for filming skill
  • not needed by the target role practice dance moves skill
  • not needed by the target role practice martial arts skill
  • not needed by the target role practise singing skill
  • not needed by the target role rehearse role skill
  • not needed by the target role ride horses skill
  • not needed by the target role sing skill
  • not needed by the target role use firearms skill
1 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
  • optional, not held dressmaking optional
Index

Other moves recorded from extra

Full index of moves from extra

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.