Occupation Atlasperformance lighting technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/9ac10bde-93a0-4570-afc2-e2b6cf46d8d2
performance lighting technician
Performance lighting technicians setup, prepare, check and maintain equipment in order to provide optimal lighting quality for live performances. 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, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (28)
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
- distribute control signals
- draw up lighting plan
- ensure safety of mobile electrical systems
- focus lighting equipment
- focus stage lights
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- light a show
- maintain dimmer equipment
- maintain lighting equipment
- operate dimmer equipment
- pack electronic equipment
- prepare personal work environment
- prevent fire in a performance environment
- prevent technical problems with lighting equipment
- provide power distribution
- rig lights
- set up equipment in a timely manner
- store performance equipment
- understand artistic concepts
- use personal protection equipment
- work ergonomically
- work safely with machines
- work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision
- work with respect for own safety
Optional (37)
- adapt artistic plan to location
- adapt designers’ work to the performance venue
- advise client on technical possibilities
- analyse the need for technical resources
- check material resources
- cinematography
- consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production
- design an artificial lighting system
- develop professional network
- document your own practice
- draw up artistic production
- edit digital moving images
- electricity
- familiarise with personal directing styles
- keep personal administration
- keep up with trends
- maintain automated lighting equipment
- maintain electrical equipment
- maintain system layout for a production
- manage consumables stock
- manage performance light quality
- manage personal professional development
- manage signoff of an installed system
- manage technical resources stock
- operate a lighting console
- operate follow spots
- perform first fire intervention
- plan act lighting
- read lighting plans
- rig automated lights
- safeguard artistic quality of performance
- set up follow spots
- set up generators
- set up light board
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
- use technical documentation
- work with the director of photography
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 28 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
stage technician
21 shared · 27 more of its ownoperate dimmer equipment, distribute control signals, focus lighting equipment, rig lights
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intelligent lighting engineer
19 shared · 7 more of its owndistribute control signals, draw up lighting plan, prevent technical problems with lighting equipment, artificial lighting systems
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audio production technician
16 shared · 13 more of its ownprovide power distribution, de-rig electronic equipment, assess power needs, pack electronic equipment
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followspot operator
13 shared · 6 more of its ownde-rig electronic equipment, set up equipment in a timely manner, store performance equipment, prepare personal work environment
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video technician
13 shared · 10 more of its ownpack electronic equipment, set up equipment in a timely manner, store performance equipment, prepare personal work environment
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light board operator
13 shared · 22 more of its owndraw up lighting plan, assess power needs, set up equipment in a timely manner, prepare personal work environment
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scenery technician
12 shared · 12 more of its ownset up equipment in a timely manner, store performance equipment, prepare personal work environment, understand artistic concepts
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performance video operator
11 shared · 21 more of its ownset up equipment in a timely manner, prepare personal work environment, understand artistic concepts, work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision
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