street artisttosculptor
A street artist already meets 56% of what the sculptor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
44.9/ 100
1 Share of the sculptor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the street 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 sculptor role treats 7 of its required skills as things a street artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- create artwork
- intellectual property law
- labour legislation
- maintain an artistic portfolio
- select artistic materials to create artworks
- study artistic techniques
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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sculptor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a street artist background worth leading with.
- already held study artworks information skills
- already held study artistic techniques information skills
- already held collaborate with technical experts on artworks communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held discuss artwork communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain an artistic portfolio communication, collaboration and creativity
All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the sculptor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 9 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 create sculptures required
- required, not held design objects to be crafted required
- optional, not held create sculpture prototype optional
- optional, not held submit preliminary artwork optional
- required, not held research sculpture trends required
- required, not held monitor art scene developments required
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- required, not held create model required
- optional, not held iconography optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a sculptor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 create model skill · occupation specific
- 02 research sculpture trends skill · occupation specific
- 03 create sculptures 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held create artwork skill
- already held intellectual property law knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held maintain an artistic portfolio skill
- already held select artistic materials to create artworks skill
- already held study artistic techniques skill
- already held study artworks skill
- already held collaborate with technical experts on artworks skill
- already held discuss artwork skill
- already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create sculpture prototype optional
- optional, not held iconography optional
- optional, not held submit preliminary artwork optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
21 held skills the sculptor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt artistic plan to location skill
- not needed by the target role art history knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate with designers skill
- not needed by the target role contextualise artistic work skill
- not needed by the target role create digital images skill
- not needed by the target role create original drawings skill
- not needed by the target role determine visual concepts skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
- not needed by the target role develop educational resources skill
- not needed by the target role ensure visual quality of the set skill
- not needed by the target role gather reference materials for artwork skill
- not needed by the target role graffiti removal techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
- not needed by the target role plan art educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
- not needed by the target role use artistic materials for drawing skill
- not needed by the target role use genre painting techniques 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.
- optional, not held iconography optional
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.