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

sound artisttostreet artist

A sound artist already meets 39% of what the street artist role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sound artist
39%
Overlap1
To street artist
14 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
63.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

39%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.3/ 100

1 Share of the street 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

Why this move works

A street artist role treats 6 of its required skills as things a sound artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • art history
  • contextualise artistic work
  • discuss artwork
  • gather reference materials for artwork
  • intellectual property law
  • labour legislation

What stands in the way is 12 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A street 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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
  • already held assess conservation needs information skills
  • already held develop artistic project budgets information skills

All 14 carried skills, including the 6 the street artist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 8 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held adapt artistic plan to location required
  • required, not held create artwork required
  • required, not held create original drawings required
  • required, not held determine visual concepts required
  • required, not held ensure visual quality of the set required
  • required, not held maintain an artistic portfolio required
  • required, not held select artistic materials to create artworks required
  • required, not held use artistic materials for drawing required
  • optional, not held collaborate with designers optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with technical experts on artworks optional
  • optional, not held use genre painting techniques optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held create digital images optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held study artistic techniques required
  • required, not held study artworks required
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage logistics required
04 services 1 required
  • required, not held graffiti removal techniques required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a street artist 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 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 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 plan art educational activities skill
  • already held present exhibition skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held collaborate with designers optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with technical experts on artworks optional
  • optional, not held use genre painting techniques optional
  • optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
  • optional, not held create digital images optional
22 held skills the street artist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role acoustics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse own performance skill
  • 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 keep up with trends 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 participate in music studio recordings 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
1 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 graffiti removal techniques required
Index
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.