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Competences — music arranger

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/45170a38-b3ae-4a96-90ff-eb45e55600b6).

Essential

  • define creative components (skill/competence)
  • develop musical ideas (skill/competence)
  • musical genres (knowledge)
  • musical instruments (knowledge)
  • musical theory (knowledge)
  • orchestrate music (skill/competence)
  • organise compositions (skill/competence)
  • read musical score (skill/competence)
  • rewrite musical scores (skill/competence)
  • transpose music (skill/competence)
  • write musical scores (skill/competence)

Optional

  • develop methods for choreographic integration (skill/competence)
  • music literature (knowledge)
  • play the piano (skill/competence)
  • supervise music groups (skill/competence)
  • work out orchestral sketches (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 11 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • music arrangement — 45 %
  • orchestration — 27 %
  • recording session management — 18 %
  • song arrangement — 18 %
  • songwriting — 18 %
  • music production — 18 %

Responsibilities

  • rehearsal attendance — 27 %
  • song structure enhancement — 18 %
  • musical flow improvement — 18 %
  • music creation — 18 %
  • creative input — 18 %
  • material coordination — 18 %