Occupation Atlasharpsichord maker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/19c2d8bc-aa3d-4b72-b55a-50bf751873fe
harpsichord maker
Harpsichord makers create and assemble parts to make harpsichords according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument.
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
AREArtistic · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic5.93
- R Realistic5.89
- E Enterprising2.86
- C Conventional2.66
- I Investigative1.85
- S Social1.68
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 Craft Artists (27-1012.00): 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 (19)
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.
- apply a protective layer
- assemble musical instrument parts
- create musical instrument parts
- create smooth wood surface
- decorate musical instruments
- join wood elements
- maintain musical instruments
- make bowstrings
- manipulate wood
- metalworking
- musical instruments
- musical instruments materials
- produce harpsichord components
- repair musical instruments
- restore musical instruments
- sand wood
- tune keyboard music instruments
- tuning techniques
- woodturning
Optional (20)
- 3D modelling
- acoustics
- apply restoration techniques
- conservation techniques
- design musical instruments
- dye wood
- estimate restoration costs
- estimate value of musical instruments
- evaluate restoration procedures
- history of musical instruments
- identify customer's needs
- musical instrument accessories
- organic building materials
- pass on trade techniques
- play musical instruments
- select restoration activities
- stain wood
- technical drawings
- trade in musical instruments
- verify product specifications
O*NET equivalents
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