Occupation Atlasintelligent lighting engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0eebf6d2-af43-4a18-b4b7-668fb6433b42
intelligent lighting engineer
Intelligent lighting engineers set up, prepare, check and maintain digital and automated lighting equipment in order to provide optimal lighting quality for a live performance. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and operate lighting equipment and instruments.
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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
RCARealistic · Conventional · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.99
- C Conventional4.11
- A Artistic2.38
- I Investigative2.02
- E Enterprising1.95
- S Social1.24
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 Lighting Technicians (27-4015.00): 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 (26)
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.
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- artificial lighting systems
- assess power needs
- de-rig electronic equipment
- design an artificial lighting system
- distribute control signals
- draw up lighting plan
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- keep up with trends
- maintain automated lighting equipment
- pack electronic equipment
- prepare personal work environment
- prevent fire in a performance environment
- prevent technical problems with lighting equipment
- read lighting plans
- rig automated lights
- set up equipment in a timely manner
- set up light board
- store performance equipment
- understand artistic concepts
- use personal protection equipment
- use technical documentation
- work ergonomically
- work safely with machines
- work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision
- work with respect for own safety
Optional (25)
- adapt artistic plan to location
- advise client on technical possibilities
- consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production
- develop professional network
- document your own practice
- draw up artistic production
- ensure safety of mobile electrical systems
- image recognition
- keep personal administration
- maintain control systems for automated equipment
- maintain dimmer equipment
- maintain electrical equipment
- maintain lighting equipment
- maintain system layout for a production
- manage consumables stock
- manage personal professional development
- manage signoff of an installed system
- manage technical resources stock
- perform first fire intervention
- plot lighting states
- plot lighting states with automated lights
- provide power distribution
- rig lights
- safeguard artistic quality of performance
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
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.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 26 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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light board operator
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