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

promptertostand-in

A prompter already meets 38% of what the stand-in role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From prompter
38%
Overlap1
To stand-in
7 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
60.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.6/ 100

1 Share of the stand-in role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the prompter 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 stand-in role treats 7 of its required skills as things a prompter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adapt to acting roles
  • analyse a script
  • attend rehearsals
  • follow directions of the artistic director
  • interact with fellow actors
  • study roles from scripts

What stands in the way is 7 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A stand-in role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a prompter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held adapt to acting roles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held interact with fellow actors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held study roles from scripts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with an artistic team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held follow directions of the artistic director communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held attend rehearsals communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the stand-in role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 4 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt to type of media required
  • required, not held follow time cues required
  • required, not held work with the camera crew required
  • required, not held work with the director of photography required
  • required, not held work with the lighting crew required
  • optional, not held self-promote optional
  • optional, not held express yourself physically optional
  • optional, not held harmonise body movements optional
  • optional, not held perform dances optional
  • optional, not held practice dance moves optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held collaborate on costume and make-up for performances optional
  • optional, not held perform scripted dialogue optional
  • optional, not held practise singing optional
02 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held study media sources required
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held follow work schedule required
04 arts and humanities 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held acting techniques optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a stand-in 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adapt to acting roles skill
  • already held analyse a script skill
  • already held attend rehearsals skill
  • already held follow directions of the artistic director skill
  • already held interact with fellow actors skill
  • already held study roles from scripts skill
  • already held work with an artistic team skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held self-promote optional
  • optional, not held express yourself physically optional
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held harmonise body movements optional
  • optional, not held perform dances optional
  • optional, not held practice dance moves optional
  • optional, not held sing optional
  • optional, not held acting techniques optional
  • optional, not held collaborate on costume and make-up for performances optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform scripted dialogue optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
  • optional, not held practise singing optional
25 held skills the stand-in role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse own performance skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse theatre texts skill
  • not needed by the target role attend read-through skill
  • not needed by the target role breathing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate during show skill
  • not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
  • not needed by the target role edit scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret performance concepts in the creative process skill
  • not needed by the target role lead cast and crew skill
  • not needed by the target role literary theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage prompt book skill
  • not needed by the target role memorise lines skill
  • not needed by the target role memorise script skill
  • not needed by the target role perform live skill
  • not needed by the target role perform stunts skill
  • not needed by the target role pronunciation techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role read scripts skill
  • not needed by the target role rehearse role skill
  • not needed by the target role rehearse with fellow actors skill
  • not needed by the target role show professional responsibility skill
  • not needed by the target role study relationships between characters skill
  • not needed by the target role theatre techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use declaiming techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role work in an international environment skill
  • not needed by the target role work with a voice coach skill
4 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
  • optional, not held film production process optional
  • optional, not held acting techniques optional
  • optional, not held lighting techniques optional
  • optional, not held photography optional
Index

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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.