Occupation Atlaswedding planner
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6662e56e-bc3d-4d9b-bed2-79d510d7c4ff
wedding planner
Wedding planners assist with all logistical details required concerning their client's wedding ceremony. Based on their client's requirements, they make arrangements for floral decorations, wedding venue and catering, guest invitations, etc., coordinating activities both before and during the wedding.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional4.96
- S Social4.56
- A Artistic2.49
- I Investigative1.56
- R Realistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners (13-1121.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- arrange special events
- carry out event management
- communicate with customers
- coordinate events
- create event-specific menus
- develop creative ideas
- develop professional network
- guarantee customer satisfaction
- inspect event facilities
- listen actively
- maintain customer service
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage budgets
- manage schedule of tasks
- plan events
- select event providers
- supervise event staff
- tolerate stress
Optional (18)
- administer appointments
- advise customers on jewellery and watches
- advise customers on types of flowers
- advise on clothing style
- assess character
- ensure infrastructure accessibility
- entertain people
- give advice on personal matters
- handle veterinary emergencies
- keep personal administration
- manage a small-to-medium business
- network with store owners
- order supplies
- perform improvisation
- perform services in a flexible manner
- place orders for flower products
- plan shifts of employees
- react calmly in stressful situations
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.