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

high riggertoevent scaffolder

A high rigger already meets 60% of what the event scaffolder role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From high rigger
60%
Overlap1
To event scaffolder
17 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
42.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

60%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.6/ 100

1 Share of the event scaffolder role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the high rigger 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 event scaffolder role treats 9 of its required skills as things a high rigger already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assemble performance equipment
  • follow safety procedures when working at heights
  • organise resources for artistic production
  • store performance equipment
  • use personal protection equipment
  • use technical documentation

What stands in the way is 5 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A event scaffolder role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a high rigger background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 event scaffolder role treats as required.

Table 3

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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 constructing 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held attach roofing cover required
  • required, not held install temporary audience accommodation required
  • required, not held set up stage decks required
  • required, not held dismantle scaffolding required
  • optional, not held build scaffolding optional
  • optional, not held construct working platform optional
  • optional, not held install metal roofing optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held scaffolding components required
03 handling and moving 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held position guardrails and toeboards optional
  • optional, not held position outriggers optional
  • optional, not held rig loads optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held plan scaffolding optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held inspect scaffolding optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a event scaffolder 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assemble performance equipment skill
  • already held follow safety procedures when working at heights 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 with respect for own safety skill
  • already held develop professional network 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
  • already held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held build scaffolding optional
  • optional, not held construct working platform optional
  • optional, not held inspect scaffolding optional
  • optional, not held install metal roofing optional
  • optional, not held plan scaffolding optional
  • optional, not held position guardrails and toeboards optional
  • optional, not held position outriggers optional
  • optional, not held rig loads optional
20 held skills the event scaffolder role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assemble circus rigging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role assemble truss constructions skill
  • not needed by the target role calculate rigging plots skill
  • not needed by the target role define rigging needs for circus acts skill
  • not needed by the target role design rigging plots skill
  • not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
  • not needed by the target role evacuate people from heights skill
  • not needed by the target role hang chain hoists skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain chain hoists skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain circus rigging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain rigging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform regular checks on rigging equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role plot rigging movements skill
  • not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
  • not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
  • not needed by the target role provide power distribution skill
  • not needed by the target role react to emergency situations in a live performance environment skill
  • not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role write risk assessment on performing arts production 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 scaffolding components required
Index

Other moves recorded from high rigger

Full index of moves from high rigger

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.