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

recording studio techniciantosound mastering engineer

A recording studio technician already meets 64% of what the sound mastering engineer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From recording studio technician
64%
Overlap1
To sound mastering engineer
11 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
33.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

33.6/ 100

1 Share of the sound mastering engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the recording studio 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

Why this move works

A sound mastering engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a recording studio technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess sound quality
  • audio editing software
  • audio mastering
  • audio technology
  • convert different audiovisual formats
  • coordinate audio system programmes

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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sound mastering engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a recording studio technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held audio mastering arts and humanities
  • already held audio post-production arts and humanities
  • already held convert different audiovisual formats working with computers
  • already held audio technology arts and humanities
  • already held assess sound quality constructing
  • already held coordinate audio system programmes working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 11 carried skills, including the 8 the sound mastering engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 7 missing skills fall into 3 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 arts and humanities 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held audiovisual products required
  • required, not held types of audiovisual formats required
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held adapt to artists' creative demands required
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held operate audio-signal processors required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a sound mastering engineer 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess sound quality skill
  • already held audio editing software knowledge
  • already held audio mastering knowledge
  • already held audio technology knowledge
  • already held convert different audiovisual formats skill
  • already held coordinate audio system programmes skill
  • already held edit recorded sound skill
  • already held manage sound quality skill
  • already held audio post-production knowledge
  • already held audiovisual equipment knowledge
  • already held operate an audio mixing console skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
32 held skills the sound mastering engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role acoustics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess power needs skill
  • not needed by the target role de-rig electronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role document your own practice skill
  • not needed by the target role electricity knowledge
  • not needed by the target role file-based workflow knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep up with trends skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain sound equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage inventory skill
  • not needed by the target role manage technical resources stock skill
  • not needed by the target role mix sound in a live situation skill
  • not needed by the target role operate audio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate sound live skill
  • not needed by the target role operate the sound in the rehearsal studio skill
  • not needed by the target role perform soundchecks skill
  • not needed by the target role plan audiovisual recording skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent undesired changes to sound design skill
  • not needed by the target role program sound cues skill
  • not needed by the target role record multi-track sound skill
  • not needed by the target role set up audiovisual peripheral equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role set up sound equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role set up sound reinforcement system skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise sound production skill
  • not needed by the target role support audio system installation skill
  • not needed by the target role technically design a sound system skill
  • not needed by the target role tune up wireless audio systems skill
  • not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
  • not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role vocal techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
5 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 audiovisual products required
  • required, not held types of audiovisual formats required
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
Index

Other moves recorded from recording studio technician

Full index of moves from recording studio technician

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.