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A performance lighting director already meets 32% of what the performance lighting technician role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.
32%
75.4/ 100
1 Share of the performance lighting technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the performance lighting director 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 this move works
A performance lighting technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a performance lighting director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- artificial lighting systems
- assess power needs
- draw up lighting plan
- focus lighting equipment
- focus stage lights
- light a show
What stands in the way is 20 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performance lighting technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a performance lighting director background worth leading with.
- already held light a show working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held focus stage lights working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate a lighting console working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held focus lighting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held rig lights working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held plan act lighting management skills
All 23 carried skills, including the 8 the performance lighting technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 42 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.
- required, not held distribute control signals required
- required, not held maintain dimmer equipment required
- required, not held maintain lighting equipment required
- required, not held operate dimmer equipment required
- required, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision required
- required, not held de-rig electronic equipment required
- required, not held provide power distribution required
- required, not held work safely with machines required
- optional, not held maintain automated lighting equipment optional
- optional, not held operate follow spots optional
- optional, not held set up light board optional
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
- required, not held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems required
- required, not held prevent fire in a performance environment required
- required, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights required
- required, not held use personal protection equipment required
- required, not held work ergonomically required
- required, not held work with respect for own safety required
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- required, not held pack electronic equipment required
- required, not held set up equipment in a timely manner required
- required, not held store performance equipment required
- required, not held adapt to artists' creative demands required
- required, not held understand artistic concepts required
- optional, not held adapt artistic plan to location optional
- optional, not held consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held maintain system layout for a production optional
- optional, not held safeguard artistic quality of performance optional
- optional, not held set up follow spots optional
- optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- required, not held prepare personal work environment required
- optional, not held manage signoff of an installed system optional
- optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held document your own practice optional
- optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a performance lighting technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adapt to artists' creative demands skill · sector specific
- 02 distribute control signals skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure safety of mobile electrical systems 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 23 skills that carry over
- already held artificial lighting systems knowledge
- already held assess power needs skill
- already held draw up lighting plan skill
- already held focus lighting equipment skill
- already held focus stage lights skill
- already held light a show skill
- already held prevent technical problems with lighting equipment skill
- already held rig lights skill
- already held adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
- already held analyse the need for technical resources skill
- already held check material resources skill
- already held cinematography knowledge
- already held design an artificial lighting system skill
- already held electricity knowledge
- already held familiarise with personal directing styles skill
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
- already held operate a lighting console skill
- already held plan act lighting skill
- already held read lighting plans skill
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
- already held use technical documentation skill
- already held work with the director of photography skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held manage performance light quality optional
- optional, not held rig automated lights optional
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt artistic plan to location optional
- optional, not held consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production optional
- optional, not held document your own practice optional
- optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
- optional, not held edit digital moving images optional
- optional, not held maintain automated lighting equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain system layout for a production optional
- optional, not held manage performance light quality optional
- optional, not held manage signoff of an installed system optional
- optional, not held operate follow spots optional
- optional, not held rig automated lights optional
- optional, not held safeguard artistic quality of performance optional
- optional, not held set up follow spots optional
- optional, not held set up light board optional
- optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held maintain electrical equipment optional
- optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- optional, not held perform first fire intervention optional
- optional, not held set up generators optional
21 held skills the performance lighting technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
- not needed by the target role attend rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate on costume and make-up for performances skill
- not needed by the target role consult with production director skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role create storyboards skill
- not needed by the target role design lighting skill
- not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
- not needed by the target role film production process knowledge
- not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role lighting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role operate lighting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise lighting crew skill
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role use specialised design software skill
- not needed by the target role use storyboards skill
- not needed by the target role work with the camera crew skill
Other moves recorded from performance lighting director
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.