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53111.06 – Dressers

Dressers assist cast members with wardrobes and perform support duties related to broadcasting and the production of motion pictures and the performing arts.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Dresser - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts

Core competencies

  • Coordinating to manage costume fittings, quick changes and the seamless preparation of wardrobe items, ensuring everything runs smoothly during production or live performances
  • Social Perceptiveness to understand and respond to actors’ comfort levels, style preferences and any specific requirements or concerns regarding their costumes
  • Near Vision to closely inspect and adjust costumes, ensuring they fit properly and are in pristine condition for actors on set or stage
  • Manual Dexterity to handle delicate fabrics, fastenings and costume alterations with precision, ensuring costumes fit well and are properly maintained during production
  • Collaboration to work closely with costume designers, actors and other crew members to ensure costumes fit well, are on-time and align with the director's vision
  • Knowledge in Arts to understand the aesthetic and historical context of costumes, ensuring they contribute to the visual storytelling and character development of a production

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Clean, maintain, transport and store costumes, and assist performers to dress in costumes.

Additional information

  • There may be an overlap in duties among occupations in this unit group, depending on the size of the production or broadcasting studio.
  • Progression to related technical occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting or the performing arts is possible with additional training or experience.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts (52119)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

5 – Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

53 – Occupations in art, culture and sport

Sub-major group

531 – Occupations in art and culture

Minor group

5311 – Photographers and support occupations in arts and culture

Unit group

53111 – Motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and performing arts assistants and operators

Occupational profile

53111.06 – Dressers

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