Costume Attendants
Tasks Include:
- Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.
- Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.
- Return borrowed or rented items when productions are complete and return other items to storage.
- Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.
- Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.
- Purchase, rent, or requisition costumes or other wardrobe necessities.
- Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.
- Inventory stock to determine types or conditions of available costuming.
- Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.
- Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: +17.9%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$48,470.00
State
$49,330.00
Regional
Costume Attendants
Description
Career Cluster: | Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications |
Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.
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Costume Attendants
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 32.24%
- Bachelor's Degree = 29.60%
- Some College Courses = 14.85%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 10.39%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 7.52%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 3.86%
- Master's Degree = 1.54%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 33.88%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 16.96%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 15.48%
- None = 14.85%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 12.16%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 2.06%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.96%
- Over 10 years = 0.98%
- Up to and including 1 month = 0.93%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.74%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 29.93%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 26.92%
- Up to and including 1 month = 24.50%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 14.38%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.28%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.98%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 52.44%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 22.96%
- None or short demonstration = 14.74%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.39%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.96%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.51%
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Costume Attendants
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.
- Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.
- Return borrowed or rented items when productions are complete and return other items to storage.
- Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.
- Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.
- Purchase, rent, or requisition costumes or other wardrobe necessities.
- Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.
- Inventory stock to determine types or conditions of available costuming.
- Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.
- Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters.
- Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.
- Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations.
- Review scripts or other production information to determine a story's locale or period, as well as the number of characters and required costumes.
- Study books, pictures, or examples of period clothing to determine styles worn during specific periods in history.
- Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Assign lockers to employees and maintain locker rooms, dressing rooms, wig rooms, or costume storage or laundry areas.
- Direct the work of wardrobe crews during dress rehearsals or performances.
- Recommend vendors and monitor their work.
- Provide managers with budget recommendations and take responsibility for budgetary line items related to costumes, storage, or makeup needs.
- Participate in the hiring, training, scheduling, or supervision of alteration workers.
- Care for non-clothing items, such as flags, table skirts, or draperies.
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Costume Attendants
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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66.25 | Fine Arts | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
55.75 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
55.25 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
53.75 | 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. |
53.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
52.00 | Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Costume Attendants
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Costume Attendants
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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65.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
65.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
56.25 | 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. |
56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
53.00 | 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). |
53.00 | 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). |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Costume Attendants
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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81.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
79.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
79.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
77.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
76.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
76.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
69.50 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
67.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
65.75 | 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. |
59.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
58.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
54.75 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
54.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
53.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
53.50 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
53.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
52.25 | 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. |
52.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
51.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
50.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
49.50 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
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Costume Attendants
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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82.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
80.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
78.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
77.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
76.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
75.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
74.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
73.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
71.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
68.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
68.00 | 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. |
67.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
64.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
62.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
62.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
58.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
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Costume Attendants
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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94.50 | 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. |
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Costume Attendants
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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97.20 | 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? |
96.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
95.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
94.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
89.40 | 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? |
84.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
84.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
82.80 | 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? |
81.60 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
81.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
76.80 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
76.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
73.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
73.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
70.60 | 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? |
69.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
67.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
66.60 | 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? |
63.60 | 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? |
63.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
61.20 | 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? |
60.40 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
57.40 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
56.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
55.60 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
55.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
55.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
52.60 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
51.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
51.60 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
50.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
50.20 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
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Costume Attendants
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Costume Attendants
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $31,310.00 | $48,470.00 | $65,330.00 |
Virginia | $34,740.00 | $49,330.00 | $51,470.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Costume Attendants
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 3,900 | 4,600 | +17.9% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Costume Attendants
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Costume Attendants
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Costume Attendants
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Costume Attendants
Titles
- Clothing Supervisor
- Costume Cutter
- Costume Designer
- Costume Draper
- Costume Mistress
- Costume Seamstress
- Costume Shop Manager
- Costume Specialist
- Costumer
- Costumer Assistant
- Costuming Supervisor
- Dresser
- Theatrical Wardrobe Attendant
- Theatrical Wardrobe Dresser
- Wardrobe Assistant
- Wardrobe Attendant
- Wardrobe Custodian
- Wardrobe Dresser
- Wardrobe Mistress
- Wardrobe Specialist
- Wardrobe Stylist
- Wardrobe Supervisor
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Costume Attendants
Related Schools
- Bluefield University
- Mary Baldwin University
- Southern Virginia University
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