# Competences — technical director

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/00030d09-2b3a-4efd-87cc-c4ea39d27c34).

## Essential

- **adapt designers’ work to the performance venue** (skill/competence)
- **adapt to artists' creative demands** (skill/competence)
- **coordinate technical teams in artistic productions** (skill/competence)
- **coordinate with creative departments** (skill/competence)
- **negotiate health and safety issues with third parties** (skill/competence)
- **organise rehearsals** (skill/competence)
- **promote health and safety** (skill/competence)
- **theatre techniques** (knowledge)
- **write risk assessment on performing arts production** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- write technical riders (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 11 ads, as of 2026-07-20)

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

### Hard skills

- budget management — **18 %**
- set design — **18 %**
- technical direction — **18 %**
- technical production — **18 %**

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