Occupation Atlasstringed musical instrument maker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0a94df75-6e31-4277-a326-1b01e56b6cb3
stringed musical instrument maker
Stringed musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create stringed instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, measure and attach strings, test quality of strings 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.
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
RCARealistic · Conventional · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.39
- C Conventional3.54
- A Artistic3.46
- I Investigative2.64
- S Social1.58
- E Enterprising1.00
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 Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners (49-9063.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
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
- decorate musical instruments
- maintain musical instruments
- make bowstrings
- metalworking
- musical instruments
- musical instruments materials
- organic building materials
- repair musical instruments
- restore musical instruments
- tune stringed musical instruments
- tuning techniques
Optional (36)
- 3D modelling
- acoustics
- apply restoration techniques
- chemistry
- conservation techniques
- create smooth wood surface
- design musical instruments
- dye wood
- estimate restoration costs
- estimate value of musical instruments
- evaluate restoration procedures
- history of musical instruments
- identify customer's needs
- join wood elements
- manipulate wood
- musical instrument accessories
- pass on trade techniques
- play musical instruments
- produce guitar components
- produce harp components
- produce violin bows
- produce violin components
- sales promotion techniques
- sand wood
- select restoration activities
- set up the controller of a machine
- stain wood
- technical drawings
- trade in musical instruments
- types of guitars
- types of spring
- types of strings
- types of violins
- types of wood
- verify product specifications
- wood cuts
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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