Occupation Atlasmusician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f6803a58-91d9-4251-9a07-09fc387cec16
musician
Musicians perform a vocal or musical part that can be recorded or played for an audience. They have know-how and practice of one or many instruments or using their voice. The musician can also write and transcribe music.
Job Zone
- 1
- 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
AESArtistic · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic6.66
- E Enterprising3.42
- S Social3.41
- R Realistic2.87
- C Conventional2.17
- I Investigative1.53
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 Musicians and Singers (27-2042.00): 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 (16)
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.
- analyse own performance
- attend rehearsals
- collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions
- cope with stage fright
- follow directions of the artistic director
- follow time cues
- interact with an audience
- interact with fellow actors
- legal environment in music
- manage feedback
- organise a repertoire
- perform live
- study roles from scripts
- work independently as an artist
- work with an artistic team
- work with composers
Optional (46)
- act for an audience
- advise on music pedagogy
- collaborate with music librarians
- complete final musical scores
- compose music
- create musical forms
- design a music show
- develop musical ideas
- draw up artistic project proposals
- edit recorded sound
- evaluate musical ideas
- improvise music
- link between dance and music style
- manage artistic career
- manage artistic project
- manage musical staff
- music literature
- musical genres
- musical instruments
- musical theory
- orchestrate music
- participate in artistic mediation activities
- participate in music studio recordings
- perform for young audiences
- perform music in ensemble
- perform music solo
- perform musical improvisations in therapy
- plan musical performances
- play musical instruments
- play the piano
- promote music
- read musical score
- record music
- rewrite musical scores
- select music for performance
- select musical performers
- sing
- specialise in a musical genre
- study music
- study musical scores
- supervise music groups
- transcribe ideas into musical notation
- transcribe musical compositions
- transpose music
- work within communities
- write musical scores
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 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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