wig and hairpiece makertodresser
A wig and hairpiece maker already meets 48% of what the dresser role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
48%
52.3/ 100
1 Share of the dresser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the wig and hairpiece maker 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 dresser role treats 7 of its required skills as things a wig and hairpiece maker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- prepare personal work environment
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
- understand artistic concepts
- use personal protection equipment
- work ergonomically
What stands in the way is 7 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dresser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a wig and hairpiece maker background worth leading with.
- already held manage consumables stock management skills
- already held prepare personal work environment management skills
- already held understand artistic concepts communication, collaboration and creativity
- 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 12 carried skills, including the 7 the dresser role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 8 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 dress actors required
- required, not held perform costume changeovers required
- required, not held safeguard artistic quality of performance required
- optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
- required, not held assist with dressing required
- optional, not held prevent fire in a performance environment optional
- required, not held work safely with machines required
- optional, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision optional
- required, not held standard sizing systems for clothing required
- required, not held preset costumes required
- optional, not held maintain costumes optional
- optional, not held wash costumes optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dresser role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist with dressing skill · sector specific
- 02 dress actors skill · sector specific
- 03 perform costume changeovers 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- already held prepare personal work environment 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 with respect for own safety skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held manage consumables stock skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held work safely with chemicals skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held history of fashion optional
- optional, not held document your own practice optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held document your own practice optional
- optional, not held history of fashion optional
- optional, not held maintain costumes optional
- optional, not held prevent fire in a performance environment optional
- optional, not held wash costumes optional
- optional, not held work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision optional
- optional, not held advise client on technical possibilities optional
14 held skills the dresser role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role create wigs skill
- not needed by the target role decide on wig making process skill
- not needed by the target role design make-up effects skill
- not needed by the target role develop the look of a production skill
- not needed by the target role dye wigs skill
- not needed by the target role keep up with trends skill
- not needed by the target role maintain theatre equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain wigs skill
- not needed by the target role maintain workshop space skill
- not needed by the target role manage technical resources stock skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role organise workshop space skill
- not needed by the target role plan workshop activity skill
- not needed by the target role support a designer in the developing process skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held standard sizing systems for clothing required
- optional, not held history of fashion optional
Other moves recorded from wig and hairpiece maker
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.