stage managertomask maker
A stage manager already meets 50% of what the mask maker role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
50%
48.3/ 100
1 Share of the mask maker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the stage manager 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 mask maker role treats 8 of its required skills as things a stage manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- keep up with trends
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
- understand artistic concepts
- use personal protection equipment
- work ergonomically
What stands in the way is 5 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mask maker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a stage manager background worth leading with.
- already held support a designer in the developing process communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held understand artistic concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep up with trends information skills
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with respect for own safety assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the mask maker 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 maintain workshop space required
- required, not held meet deadlines required
- required, not held prepare personal work environment required
- optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held organise workshop space optional
- optional, not held plan workshop activity optional
- optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
- required, not held maintain theatre equipment required
- required, not held work safely with machines required
- optional, not held design make-up effects optional
- optional, not held draw make-up sketches optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mask maker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain theatre equipment skill · sector specific
- 02 maintain workshop space skill · sector specific
- 03 meet deadlines skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- already held keep up with trends skill
- already held translate artistic concepts to technical designs skill
- already held understand artistic concepts skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held work safely with chemicals skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
- already held support a designer in the developing process skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held decide on wig making process optional
- optional, not held design make-up effects optional
- optional, not held draw make-up sketches optional
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held organise workshop space optional
- optional, not held plan workshop activity optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held manage consumables stock optional
- optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
46 held skills the mask maker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt artistic plan to location skill
- not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
- not needed by the target role analyse music score skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions skill
- not needed by the target role analyse the scenography skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate pre-show checks skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate the running of a performance skill
- not needed by the target role cue a performance skill
- not needed by the target role determine context to present the work skill
- not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
- not needed by the target role document safety actions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of visitors skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of mobile electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety procedures when working at heights skill
- not needed by the target role follow time cues skill
- not needed by the target role identify technical resources for performances skill
- not needed by the target role interpret artistic intentions skill
- not needed by the target role intervene with actions on stage skill
- not needed by the target role manage prompt book skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate health and safety issues with third parties skill
- not needed by the target role obtain pyrotechnic permits skill
- not needed by the target role obtain stage weapon permits skill
- not needed by the target role operate pyrotechnical control skill
- not needed by the target role organise rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role organise stage skill
- not needed by the target role perform first fire intervention skill
- not needed by the target role plan pyrotechnical effects skill
- not needed by the target role plan weapon use on stage skill
- not needed by the target role prepare stage weapons skill
- not needed by the target role prevent fire in a performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
- not needed by the target role prompt performers skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role react to emergency situations in a live performance environment skill
- not needed by the target role read musical score skill
- not needed by the target role safeguard artistic quality of performance skill
- not needed by the target role set up pyrotechnical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role store pyrotechnical materials skill
- not needed by the target role store stage weapons skill
- not needed by the target role use communication equipment skill
6 further entries not listed here
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.