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A sound artist already meets 39% of what the performance artist role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
39%
66.9/ 100
1 Share of the performance artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sound artist 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 artist role treats 8 of its required skills as things a sound artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- analyse own performance
- art history
- contextualise artistic work
- discuss artwork
- gather reference materials for artwork
- intellectual property law
What stands in the way is 14 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 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A performance artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sound artist background worth leading with.
- already held participate in music studio recordings communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse own performance management skills
- already held plan art educational activities management skills
- already held discuss artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held participate in artistic mediation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
All 17 carried skills, including the 8 the performance artist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 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.
- required, not held adjust the performance to different environments required
- required, not held self-promote required
- required, not held adapt artistic plan to location required
- required, not held define artistic approach required
- required, not held define artistic vision required
- required, not held follow time cues required
- required, not held perform live required
- required, not held study roles from scripts required
- required, not held work with an artistic team required
- required, not held attend rehearsals required
- required, not held interact with an audience required
- required, not held manage feedback required
- optional, not held create an artistic performance optional
- optional, not held perform costume changeovers optional
- optional, not held perform dances optional
- optional, not held sing optional
- optional, not held create digital images optional
- optional, not held interact with fellow actors optional
- required, not held monitor art scene developments required
- required, not held monitor sociological trends required
- optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
- optional, not held ensure health and safety of visitors optional
- optional, not held manage artistic project optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a performance artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adjust the performance to different environments skill · occupation specific
- 02 self-promote skill · occupation specific
- 03 adapt artistic plan to location 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held analyse own performance skill
- already held art history knowledge
- already held contextualise artistic work skill
- already held discuss artwork skill
- already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
- already held intellectual property law knowledge
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held assess conservation needs skill
- already held develop artistic educational activities skill
- already held develop artistic project budgets skill
- already held develop educational resources skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
- already held participate in music studio recordings skill
- already held plan art educational activities skill
- already held present exhibition skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create an artistic performance optional
- optional, not held ensure safety of exercise environment optional
- optional, not held manage artistic project optional
- optional, not held perform costume changeovers optional
- optional, not held perform dances optional
- optional, not held sing optional
- optional, not held create digital images optional
- optional, not held ensure health and safety of visitors optional
- optional, not held interact with fellow actors optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
19 held skills the performance artist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acoustics knowledge
- not needed by the target role confer with event staff skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate audio system programmes skill
- not needed by the target role edit recorded sound skill
- not needed by the target role manage electronic logistics for sound equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage sound quality skill
- not needed by the target role mix multi-track recordings skill
- not needed by the target role mix sound in a live situation 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 program sound cues skill
- not needed by the target role propose improvements to artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role record multi-track sound skill
- not needed by the target role record music skill
- not needed by the target role set up a multi-track recording skill
- not needed by the target role set up basic recording skill
- not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
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.