Costume Attendants

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $85,820.00
Average: $55,070.00
Hourly
Average: $26.48

What they do:

Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.

On the job, you would:

  • Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.
  • Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.
  • Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

82% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
80% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
78% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
77% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
77% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
75% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
75% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
73% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
71% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
69% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
68% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
67% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
64% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
63% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
63% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
59% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

95% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
61% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

95% Relationships  -  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.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

66% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
66% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
56% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
56% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
53% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
53% Fluency of Ideas  -  The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
53% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
53% Category Flexibility  -  The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
Maintain supply or equipment inventories.
Distribute resources to patrons or employees.
Arrange items for use or display.
Deliver items.
Clean fabrics or apparel.
Maintain facilities.
Assign resources or facilities to patrons or employees.
Design costumes or cosmetic effects for characters.
Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
Review art or design materials.
Monitor availability of equipment or supplies.
Collaborate with others to determine production details.
Maintain supply or equipment inventories.
Monitor availability of equipment or supplies.
Prepare operational reports or records.
Supervise service workers.
Evaluate quality of materials or products.
Review production information to determine costume or makeup requirements.
Monitor operational quality or safety.
Review production information to determine costume or makeup requirements.
Manage budgets for personal services operations.
Train service staff.
Perform human resources activities.
Clean fabrics or apparel.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

97% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
96% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
95% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
93% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
87% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
80% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
80% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
78% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
77% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
76% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
71% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
71% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
67% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
67% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
63% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
62% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
60% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
58% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
55% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
54% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
52% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
62% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

81% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
80% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
79% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
77% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
77% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
76% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
70% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
68% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
66% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
60% Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others  -  Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
59% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
55% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
54% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
54% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
54% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
53% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
52% Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
52% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
51% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

Getting Started

Education:
32%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
30%
Bachelor's Degree

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