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

performance hairdressertodresser

A performance hairdresser already meets 56% of what the dresser role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From performance hairdresser
56%
Overlap1
To dresser
16 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
45 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 45

This move: 45 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the dresser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the performance hairdresser 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dresser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a performance hairdresser background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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
  • already held prepare personal work environment management skills
  • already held safeguard artistic quality of performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held understand artistic concepts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 16 carried skills, including the 7 the dresser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 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 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held assist with dressing required
  • required, not held use personal protection equipment required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required
  • required, not held dress actors required
  • required, not held perform costume changeovers required
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held standard sizing systems for clothing required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held preset costumes required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held work safely with machines required
06 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain costumes optional
  • optional, not held wash costumes optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dresser 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to artists' creative demands 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 with respect for own safety skill
  • already held advise client on technical possibilities skill
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held document your own practice 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
  • already held work safely with chemicals skill
  • already held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held history of fashion optional
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held history of fashion optional
  • optional, not held maintain costumes optional
  • optional, not held wash costumes optional
10 held skills the dresser role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply hair cutting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role create wigs skill
  • not needed by the target role decide on wig making process skill
  • not needed by the target role design make-up effects skill
  • not needed by the target role draw make-up sketches skill
  • not needed by the target role dye wigs skill
  • not needed by the target role hair knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain wigs skill
  • not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
  • not needed by the target role perform quick hair changeovers skill
2 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 standard sizing systems for clothing required
  • optional, not held history of fashion optional
Index

Other moves recorded from performance hairdresser

Full index of moves from performance hairdresser

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.