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

make-up artisttoperformance hairdresser

A make-up artist already meets 69% of what the performance hairdresser role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From make-up artist
69%
Overlap1
To performance hairdresser
18 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
32.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

69%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

32.3/ 100

1 Share of the performance hairdresser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the make-up 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 performance hairdresser role treats 9 of its required skills as things a make-up artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt to artists' creative demands
  • maintain wigs
  • prepare personal work environment
  • safeguard artistic quality of performance
  • translate artistic concepts to technical designs
  • understand artistic concepts

What stands in the way is 4 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performance hairdresser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a make-up artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held draw make-up sketches communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held design make-up effects communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain wigs handling and moving
  • already held advise client on technical possibilities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held document your own practice information skills
  • already held manage consumables stock management skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 9 the performance hairdresser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply hair cutting techniques required
  • required, not held perform quick hair changeovers required
  • optional, not held dye wigs optional
02 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held meet deadlines required
  • optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held hair required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held create wigs optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a performance hairdresser 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 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
  • already held maintain wigs skill
  • already held prepare personal work environment skill
  • already held safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
  • already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
  • already held understand artistic concepts skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held work safely with chemicals skill
  • already held work with respect for own safety skill
  • already held advise client on technical possibilities skill
  • already held design make-up effects skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held document your own practice skill
  • already held draw make-up sketches skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held manage consumables stock skill
  • already held manage personal professional development skill
  • already held prevent fire in a performance environment skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held create wigs optional
  • optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
  • optional, not held dye wigs optional
  • optional, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision optional
36 held skills the performance hairdresser role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse the need for technical resources skill
  • not needed by the target role apply body paint skill
  • not needed by the target role art history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role attend rehearsals skill
  • not needed by the target role contextualise artistic work skill
  • not needed by the target role cosmetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create lifecasts skill
  • not needed by the target role decide on make-up process skill
  • not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
  • not needed by the target role determine skin type skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
  • not needed by the target role develop the look of a production skill
  • not needed by the target role draft styling schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure continuous styling of artists skill
  • not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
  • not needed by the target role follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role gather reference materials for artwork skill
  • not needed by the target role lighting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain prostheses skill
  • not needed by the target role make up performing artists skill
  • not needed by the target role make-up techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role perform quick make-up changeovers skill
  • not needed by the target role photography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan art educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role repair prostheses skill
  • not needed by the target role skin types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role test make-up skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the camera crew skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the director of photography skill
  • not needed by the target role work with the lighting crew 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 hair required
Index

Other moves recorded from make-up artist

Full index of moves from make-up 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.