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composer

Composers create new music pieces in a variety of styles. They usually note down the created music in musical notation. Composers may work independently or as part of a group or ensemble. Many create pieces to support film, television, games or live performances.

Job Zone 4 — Considerable Preparation NeededHolland code AES24 skills on file

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Job Zone

Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed

Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.

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Occupational interest profile

AESArtistic · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order

A Artistic7.00
E Enterprising4.82
S Social3.04
C Conventional2.63
I Investigative2.28
R Realistic2.07

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 Music Directors and Composers (27-2041.00): 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.

Optional (8)

O*NET equivalents

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ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.

music arranger
6 shared · 5 more of its owndevelop musical ideas, rewrite musical scores, write musical scores, transpose music
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4 shared · 24 more of its ownwrite musical scores, study music, transpose music, read musical score
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3 shared · 23 more of its ownwrite musical scores, study music, transpose music
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