performance lighting techniciantovideo technician
A performance lighting technician already meets 66% of what the video technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
44.1/ 100
1 Share of the video technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the performance lighting technician 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 video technician role treats 15 of its required skills as things a performance lighting technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- keep up with trends
- pack electronic equipment
- prepare personal work environment
- prevent fire in a performance environment
What stands in the way is 8 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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A video technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a performance lighting technician background worth leading with.
- already held manage signoff of an installed system management skills
- already held maintain system layout for a production communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held pack electronic equipment handling and moving
- already held set up equipment in a timely manner handling and moving
- already held store performance equipment handling and moving
All 30 carried skills, including the 15 the video technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 15 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.
- required, not held install image equipment required
- required, not held maintain audiovisual equipment required
- required, not held run a projection required
- required, not held set up cameras required
- required, not held set up projection equipment required
- required, not held use a telecine required
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held coordinate audio system programmes optional
- optional, not held operate a camera optional
- required, not held adjust projector required
- optional, not held problem-solving with digital tools optional
- optional, not held use presentation software optional
- required, not held work safely with chemicals required
- optional, not held instruct on set up of equipment optional
- optional, not held computer graphics optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a video technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 install image equipment skill · occupation specific
- 02 adjust projector skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain audiovisual equipment 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 30 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- already held follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held pack electronic equipment skill
- already held prepare personal work environment skill
- already held prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- already held set up equipment in a timely manner skill
- already held store performance equipment skill
- already held understand artistic concepts 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 safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
- already held adapt artistic plan to location skill
- already held advise client on technical possibilities skill
- already held consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held document your own practice skill
- already held draw up artistic production skill
- already held ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held maintain system layout for a production skill
- already held manage consumables stock skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage signoff of an installed system skill
- already held manage technical resources stock skill
- already held safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held instruct on set up of equipment optional
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held coordinate audio system programmes optional
- optional, not held operate a camera optional
- optional, not held problem-solving with digital tools optional
- optional, not held computer graphics optional
- optional, not held use presentation software optional
35 held skills the video technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt designers’ work to the performance venue skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the need for technical resources skill
- not needed by the target role artificial lighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess power needs skill
- not needed by the target role check material resources skill
- not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
- not needed by the target role de-rig electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role design an artificial lighting system skill
- not needed by the target role distribute control signals skill
- not needed by the target role draw up lighting plan skill
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
- not needed by the target role familiarise with personal directing styles skill
- not needed by the target role focus lighting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role focus stage lights skill
- not needed by the target role light a show skill
- not needed by the target role maintain automated lighting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain dimmer equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain lighting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage performance light quality skill
- not needed by the target role operate a lighting console skill
- not needed by the target role operate dimmer equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate follow spots skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role plan act lighting skill
- not needed by the target role prevent technical problems with lighting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role provide power distribution skill
- not needed by the target role read lighting plans skill
- not needed by the target role rig automated lights skill
- not needed by the target role rig lights skill
- not needed by the target role set up follow spots skill
- not needed by the target role set up generators skill
- not needed by the target role set up light board skill
- not needed by the target role work with the director of photography 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.
- optional, not held computer graphics optional
Other moves recorded from performance lighting technician
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.