Occupation Atlasstreet performer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/61e278a3-2c27-4c18-a827-11e2326b33ae
street performer
Street performers create street arts performances for outdoor spaces, using space and audience as a creative resource. They create their performance through playful exploration and experimentation with the purpose of entertaining and possibly also of sharing critical opinions concerning societal issues. They stimulate audience participation as a component of their performance whilst respecting the audience's safety and integrity.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
ARSArtistic · Realistic · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic6.39
- R Realistic4.83
- S Social3.65
- E Enterprising3.18
- C Conventional1.61
- I Investigative1.43
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 Dancers (27-2031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
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.
- act for an audience
- analyse own performance
- art history
- attend rehearsals
- enable audience participation
- ensure health and safety of visitors
- follow time cues
- gather reference materials for artwork
- interact with an audience
- interact with fellow actors
- keep up with trends
- maintain an artistic portfolio
- manage feedback
- perform in a public space
- perform live
- self-promote
- show professional responsibility
- street art history
- study roles from scripts
- use public space as a creative resource
- work independently as an artist
- work with an artistic team
- work with respect for own safety
Optional (16)
- develop artistic educational activities
- develop educational resources
- engage the audience emotionally
- follow directions of the artistic director
- handle petty cash
- keep personal administration
- manipulate object to create illusions
- participate in artistic mediation activities
- perform dances
- perform for young audiences
- play musical instruments
- practice humour
- select music for performance
- sing
- tell a story
- use declaiming techniques
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 23 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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10 shared · 3 more of its ownwork independently as an artist, interact with fellow actors, perform live, analyse own performance
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10 shared · 7 more of its ownact for an audience, interact with fellow actors, perform live, analyse own performance
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