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- Experience- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a teller might benefit from experience working directly with the public, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be a teller with little difficulty.
- Education- These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
- Job Training- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
- Examples- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include sheet metal workers, forest fire fighters, customer service representatives, pharmacy technicians, salespersons (retail), and tellers.
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- Alter or maintain makeup during productions as necessary to compensate for lighting changes or to achieve continuity of effect.
- Analyze a script, noting events that affect each character's appearance, so that plans can be made for each scene.
- Apply makeup to enhance, and/or alter the appearance of people appearing in productions such as movies.
- Assess performers' skin-type in order to ensure that make-up will not cause break-outs or skin irritations.
- Attach prostheses to performers and apply makeup in order to create special features or effects such as scars, aging, or illness.
- Cleanse and tone the skin in order to prepare it for makeup application.
- Confer with stage or motion picture officials and performers in order to determine desired effects.
- Design rubber or plastic prostheses that can be used to change performers' appearances.
- Duplicate work precisely in order to replicate characters' appearances on a daily basis.
- Evaluate environmental characteristics such as venue size and lighting plans in order to determine makeup requirements.
- Examine sketches, photographs, and plaster models in order to obtain desired character image depiction.
- Provide performers with makeup removal assistance after performances have been completed.
- Requisition or acquire needed materials for special effects, including wigs, beards, and special cosmetics.
- Select desired makeup shades from stock, or mix oil, grease, and coloring in order to achieve specific color effects.
- Study production information, such as character descriptions, period settings, and situations in order to determine makeup requirements.
- Write makeup sheets and take photos in order to document specific looks and the products that were used to achieve the looks.
- Advise hairdressers on the hairstyles required for character parts.
- Create character drawings or models, based upon independent research, in order to augment period production files.
- Demonstrate products to clients, and provide instruction in makeup application.
- Establish budgets, and work within budgetary limits.
- Wash and reset wigs.
Back to Top- Fine Arts - Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Back to Top- Artistic - Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
- Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Back to Top- Social Service - Workers on this job have work where they do things for other people.
- Moral Values - Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
- Creativity - Workers on this job try out their own ideas.
- Achievement-Mean Extent - Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Ability Utilization - Workers on this job make use of their individual abilities.
- Achievement - Workers on this job get a feeling of accomplishment.
- Relationships-Mean Extent - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Autonomy - Workers on this job plan their work with little supervision.
- Independence-Mean Extent - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employs to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Independence - Workers on this job do their work alone.
- Recognition - Workers on this job receive recognition for the work they do.
- Working Conditions - Workers on this job have good working conditions.
- Variety - Workers on this job have something different to do every day.
- Working Conditions-Mean Extent - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
Back to Top | 10% | 25% | Median- 50% | 75% | 90% | | TN Annual | $13,721 | $17,410 | $30,382 | $52,783 | $65,349 | | US Annual | $15,920 | $20,200 | $35,250 | $61,240 | $75,820 |
*Some salaries are listed at an hourly rate. Those that include a single dollar amount are considered hourly wage.Wage and salary data provided by: - Bureau of Labor Statistics, Tennessee Department of Labor website
- TN Department of Labor & Workforce Development website
- Bureau of Economic Analysis website
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