Competencies Visual Effects (VFX) Production Manager in the North Central Region

Find out what competencies you typically need to work as a visual effects (VFX) production manager in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations (NOC 51120).

Skills Help - Skills

  • Film editors
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Coordinating 3 - Moderate Level
    Quality Control Testing 3 - Moderate Level
    Product Design 3 - Moderate Level
    Reading Comprehension 3 - Moderate Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 3 - Moderate Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 3 - Moderate Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 3 - Moderate Level
    Negotiating 3 - Moderate Level
    Evaluation 3 - Moderate Level
    Social Perceptiveness 3 - Moderate Level
  • Record producers
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Time Management 4 - High Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 4 - High Level
    Negotiating 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
    Persuading 4 - High Level
    Coordinating 3 - Moderate Level
    Instructing 3 - Moderate Level
    Writing 3 - Moderate Level
    Reading Comprehension 3 - Moderate Level
  • Directors of photography
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Coordinating 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Time Management 4 - High Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Negotiating 4 - High Level
    Persuading 4 - High Level
    Decision Making 4 - High Level
    Instructing 3 - Moderate Level
    Management of Material Resources 3 - Moderate Level
  • Film, radio, television and video game producers
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Coordinating 5 - Highest Level
    Time Management 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Material Resources 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Financial Resources 5 - Highest Level
    Persuading 5 - Highest Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Negotiating 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
  • Directors
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Time Management 5 - Highest Level
    Coordinating 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 4 - High Level
    Management of Material Resources 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Negotiating 4 - High Level
    Social Perceptiveness 4 - High Level
    Persuading 4 - High Level
    Decision Making 4 - High Level
  • Choreographers
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Instructing 5 - Highest Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 4 - High Level
    Social Perceptiveness 4 - High Level
    Coordinating 3 - Moderate Level
    Monitoring 3 - Moderate Level
    Time Management 3 - Moderate Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 3 - Moderate Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 3 - Moderate Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 3 - Moderate Level
    Negotiating 3 - Moderate Level
  • Art directors
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Time Management 5 - Highest Level
    Coordinating 4 - High Level
    Instructing 4 - High Level
    Monitoring 4 - High Level
    Management of Personnel Resources 4 - High Level
    Management of Material Resources 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Negotiating 4 - High Level
    Evaluation 4 - High Level
    Persuading 4 - High Level

Skills

Skills are capabilities that you develop over time. Different jobs require different skills. You will need them to do a good job in your roles, tasks, and duties.

Personal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes

  • Film editors
    Importance
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
    Social Orientation 3 - Important
    Leadership 3 - Important
  • Record producers
    Importance
    Leadership 5 - Extremely important
    Creativity 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important
  • Directors of photography
    Importance
    Creativity 5 - Extremely important
    Stress Tolerance 5 - Extremely important
    Leadership 5 - Extremely important
    Collaboration 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
  • Film, radio, television and video game producers
    Importance
    Stress Tolerance 5 - Extremely important
    Leadership 5 - Extremely important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Creativity 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Attention to Detail 4 - Highly important
  • Directors
    Importance
    Creativity 5 - Extremely important
    Leadership 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Innovativeness 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
  • Choreographers
    Importance
    Innovativeness 5 - Extremely important
    Creativity 5 - Extremely important
    Leadership 5 - Extremely important
    Adaptability 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
  • Art directors
    Importance
    Innovativeness 5 - Extremely important
    Creativity 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Leadership 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important

Personal Attributes

Personal attributes are the traits that you are born with. You can develop them through your social context and personal experiences. Different jobs require different personal attributes. Personal attributes are important at work because they influence how you are, and how you do things.

Interest Help - Interest

Realistic jobs

Realistic jobs are all about handling objects, tools, machines, or animals in a standard way. Many of these jobs don’t involve a lot of paperwork or teamwork.

Investigative jobs

Investigative jobs are all about studying things in an organized or creative way. These things can be physical, natural, or cultural. People in those jobs must think a lot, work with ideas, search for facts and solve problems.

Artistic jobs

Artistic jobs are all about expressing yourself in a creative way to make visual, performing, written, or applied art. They often involve working with forms, designs and patterns. Most of the time, people in those jobs don’t have to follow clear rules.

Social jobs

Social jobs are all about working with people. This often involves interacting with others to help, care, teach, or inform them.

Enterprising jobs

Enterprising jobs are all about taking action to achieve goals for a group or for yourself. This often involves starting and completing projects. People in those jobs often have to influence, lead and mobilize others. They sometimes also have to take risks and decisions or deal with business.

Conventional jobs

Conventional jobs are all about following procedures and routines. This may involve tasks like keeping records, filing paperwork and copying documents. It may also involve working with data to organize and process it in a planned way. People in those jobs often have to report to a clear chain of command. They tend to focus more on data and details than ideas.

Interest

Interests reflect your preferences for work environments and outcomes. Different jobs require different interests.

Knowledge Help - Knowledge

  • Film editors
    Knowledge level
    Communications and Media 3 - Advanced Level
    Arts 2 - Intermediate Level
    Business Management 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Languages 2 - Intermediate Level
    Humanities 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level
  • Record producers
    Knowledge level
    Arts 3 - Advanced Level
    Communications and Media 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Business Management 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Sale and Marketing 2 - Intermediate Level
    Client Service 2 - Intermediate Level
    Languages 2 - Intermediate Level
    Humanities 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
  • Directors of photography
    Knowledge level
    Arts 3 - Advanced Level
    Communications and Media 3 - Advanced Level
    Business Management 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Languages 2 - Intermediate Level
    Humanities 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level
  • Film, radio, television and video game producers
    Knowledge level
    Arts 3 - Advanced Level
    Business Management 3 - Advanced Level
    Clerical 3 - Advanced Level
    Sale and Marketing 3 - Advanced Level
    Communications and Media 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Technical Design 2 - Intermediate Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 2 - Intermediate Level
    Manufacturing, Processing and Production 1 - Basic Level
  • Directors
    Knowledge level
    Performance Measurement 3 - Advanced Level
    Arts 3 - Advanced Level
    Business Management 3 - Advanced Level
    Clerical 3 - Advanced Level
    Communications and Media 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Humanities 2 - Intermediate Level
    Accounting 2 - Intermediate Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 2 - Intermediate Level
    Sale and Marketing 1 - Basic Level
  • Choreographers
    Knowledge level
    Arts 3 - Advanced Level
    Performance Measurement 2 - Intermediate Level
    Business Management 2 - Intermediate Level
    Teaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Training, Mentoring and Coaching 2 - Intermediate Level
    Languages 2 - Intermediate Level
    Recreation, Leisure and Fitness 2 - Intermediate Level
    Technical Design 1 - Basic Level
    Humanities 1 - Basic Level
    Clerical 1 - Basic Level
  • Art directors
    Knowledge level
    Performance Measurement 3 - Advanced Level
    Arts 3 - Advanced Level
    Communications and Media 3 - Advanced Level
    Humanities 2 - Intermediate Level
    Library, Conservation, and Heritage 2 - Intermediate Level
    Business Management 2 - Intermediate Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Languages 2 - Intermediate Level
    Technical Design 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level

Knowledge

Knowledge refers to the understanding of different theories and practices. Different jobs require different knowledge. You need specific knowledge to do tasks and activities in a specific field.

Source Occupational and Skills Information System

Labour Market Information Survey
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