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

glass artisttoconceptual artist

A glass artist already meets 40% of what the conceptual artist role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From glass artist
40%
Overlap1
To conceptual artist
15 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
64.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

40%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.7/ 100

1 Share of the conceptual artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the glass artist 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 conceptual artist role treats 7 of its required skills as things a glass artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • art history
  • contextualise artistic work
  • define artistic approach
  • develop an artistic framework
  • gather reference materials for artwork
  • intellectual property law

What stands in the way is 11 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A conceptual artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a glass artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held plan art educational activities management skills
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop an artistic framework communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held assess conservation needs information skills
  • already held develop artistic project budgets information skills

All 15 carried skills, including the 7 the conceptual artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 8 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt artistic plan to location required
  • required, not held create artwork required
  • required, not held define creative components required
  • required, not held discuss artwork required
  • required, not held identify artistic niche required
  • required, not held maintain an artistic portfolio required
  • required, not held make artistic processes explicit required
  • required, not held select artistic materials to create artworks required
  • optional, not held assess each stage of the creative process optional
  • optional, not held create pen-and-paper images optional
  • optional, not held design greeting cards optional
  • optional, not held develop animations optional
  • optional, not held provide input to collaborators to guide their work optional
  • optional, not held use artistic materials for drawing optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor art scene developments required
  • required, not held study artistic techniques required
  • optional, not held monitor sociological trends optional
03 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held iconography required
04 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage artistic project optional
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a conceptual artist 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 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held contextualise artistic work skill
  • already held define artistic approach skill
  • already held develop an artistic framework skill
  • already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held assess conservation needs skill
  • already held develop artistic educational activities skill
  • already held develop artistic project budgets skill
  • already held develop educational resources skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • already held plan art educational activities skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess each stage of the creative process optional
  • optional, not held create pen-and-paper images optional
  • optional, not held design greeting cards optional
  • optional, not held develop animations optional
  • optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
  • optional, not held manage artistic project optional
  • optional, not held monitor sociological trends optional
  • optional, not held provide input to collaborators to guide their work optional
  • optional, not held use artistic materials for drawing optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
10 held skills the conceptual artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role add colour skill
  • not needed by the target role create tube hinges skill
  • not needed by the target role cut glass skill
  • not needed by the target role design stained glass skill
  • not needed by the target role determine image composition skill
  • not needed by the target role develop design concept skill
  • not needed by the target role develop design ideas cooperatively skill
  • not needed by the target role select filler metal skill
  • not needed by the target role solder lead came joints skill
  • not needed by the target role use color matching techniques 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
  • required, not held iconography required
Index

Other moves recorded from glass artist

Full index of moves from glass artist

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.