front of house managertotechnical director
A front of house manager already meets 21% of what the technical director role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 65.5 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the technical director role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the front of house 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 2 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A technical director role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a front of house manager background worth leading with.
- already held negotiate health and safety issues with third parties communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held promote health and safety communication, collaboration and creativity
All 2 carried skills, including the 2 the technical director role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 4 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 adapt designers’ work to the performance venue required
- required, not held adapt to artists' creative demands required
- required, not held coordinate with creative departments required
- optional, not held write technical riders optional
- required, not held coordinate technical teams in artistic productions required
- required, not held organise rehearsals required
- required, not held theatre techniques required
- required, not held write risk assessment on performing arts production required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a technical director role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill · sector specific
- 02 adapt to artists' creative demands skill · sector specific
- 03 coordinate technical teams in artistic productions 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 2 skills that carry over
- already held negotiate health and safety issues with third parties skill
- already held promote health and safety skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held write technical riders optional
15 held skills the technical director role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess cleanliness of areas skill
- not needed by the target role carry out end of day accounts skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of visitors skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role labour legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage a team skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor check-out point skill
- not needed by the target role monitor guest access skill
- not needed by the target role monitor ticketing skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role react to emergency situations in a live performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise event staff 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.
- required, not held theatre techniques required
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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.